Carolina Beach vs Wrightsboro

A side-by-side comparison of Carolina Beach and Wrightsboro: population, income, housing, and more.

Carolina Beach and Wrightsboro are places in North Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Carolina Beach has the higher population (6,665 vs 5,434 in Wrightsboro). Carolina Beach has the higher median household income ($88,239 vs $72,867 in Wrightsboro). Carolina Beach has the higher median home value ($487,800 vs $220,700 in Wrightsboro).

Population, income & housing

	Carolina Beach	Wrightsboro
Population	6,665	5,434
Median age	52.2 yrs	39.4 yrs
Median household income	$88,239	$72,867
Median home value	$487,800	$220,700
Median gross rent	$1,544	$1,072
Housing units	6,006	2,401
Homeownership rate	79.4%	77.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	47.5%	26.2%
Unemployment rate	9.0%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carolina Beach	Wrightsboro
Population	6,265 → 6,665 (+6.4%)	4,525 → 5,434 (+20.1%)
Median household income	$74,949 → $88,239 (+17.7%)	$46,174 → $72,867 (+57.8%)
Median home value	$353,100 → $487,800 (+38.1%)	$141,800 → $220,700 (+55.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,153 → $1,544 (+33.9%)	$980 → $1,072 (+9.4%)

Carolina Beach

Population

6,2656,665

Median household income

$74,949$88,239

Median home value

$353,100$487,800

Median gross rent

$1,153$1,544

Wrightsboro

Population

4,5255,434

Median household income

$46,174$72,867

Median home value

$141,800$220,700

Median gross rent

$980$1,072

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carolina Beach	Wrightsboro
Under 5	3.9%	4.7%
5 to 17	10.1%	13.5%
18 to 24	6.7%	9.5%
25 to 34	5.0%	16.6%
35 to 44	16.4%	11.2%
45 to 54	16.1%	15.3%
55 to 64	20.3%	12.1%
65 to 74	16.1%	12.5%
75 and over	5.5%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carolina Beach	Wrightsboro
White (non-Hispanic)	89.1%	60.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	21.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	0.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.0%	10.6%
Hispanic or Latino	6.1%	7.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carolina Beach	Wrightsboro
No high school diploma	1.6%	12.4%
High school graduate	24.4%	28.0%
Some college or associate's	26.5%	33.3%
Bachelor's degree	33.4%	20.0%
Graduate or professional degree	14.1%	6.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carolina Beach	Wrightsboro
Drove alone	73.6%	88.6%
Carpooled	5.2%	4.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	2.6%	0.5%
Worked from home	17.5%	6.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carolina Beach	Wrightsboro
1-unit, detached	41.9%	87.5%
1-unit, attached	13.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.8%	8.1%
5 to 19 units	20.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	12.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.5%	4.4%

Poverty & households

	Carolina Beach	Wrightsboro
Poverty rate	8.4%	10.3%
Average household size	2.25	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	24	21
Median year structure built	1988	1982