Hightsville vs Kure Beach

A side-by-side comparison of Hightsville and Kure Beach: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Kure Beach has the higher population (2,323 vs 707 in Hightsville). Kure Beach has the higher median household income ($102,292 vs $16,289 in Hightsville). Since 2019, Kure Beach's population has grown faster (+9.4% vs -27.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Hightsville	Kure Beach
Population	707	2,323
Median age	41.2 yrs	56.0 yrs
Median household income	$16,289	$102,292
Median home value	—	$633,800
Median gross rent	—	$1,373
Housing units	311	2,204
Homeownership rate	80.1%	76.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.8%	50.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hightsville	Kure Beach
Population	977 → 707 (-27.6%)	2,124 → 2,323 (+9.4%)
Median household income	$14,335 → $16,289 (+13.6%)	$71,319 → $102,292 (+43.4%)
Median home value	$163,500 → $122,500 (-25.1%)	$453,500 → $633,800 (+39.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,023 → $1,169 (+14.3%)	$1,414 → $1,373 (-2.9%)

Hightsville

Population

977707

Median household income

$14,335$16,289

Median home value

$163,500$122,500

Median gross rent

$1,023$1,169

Kure Beach

Population

2,1242,323

Median household income

$71,319$102,292

Median home value

$453,500$633,800

Median gross rent

$1,414$1,373

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hightsville	Kure Beach
Under 5	4.1%	2.0%
5 to 17	0.0%	7.3%
18 to 24	10.7%	5.7%
25 to 34	18.8%	8.6%
35 to 44	28.4%	6.1%
45 to 54	18.5%	18.3%
55 to 64	5.4%	27.1%
65 to 74	9.1%	17.5%
75 and over	5.0%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hightsville	Kure Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	60.5%	96.7%
Black or African American	24.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	7.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.3%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	6.9%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hightsville	Kure Beach
No high school diploma	18.8%	2.2%
High school graduate	35.9%	19.9%
Some college or associate's	30.6%	27.3%
Bachelor's degree	12.8%	30.6%
Graduate or professional degree	2.0%	20.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hightsville	Kure Beach
Drove alone	71.4%	53.2%
Carpooled	28.6%	5.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	11.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.5%
Worked from home	0.0%	26.6%
Other means	0.0%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hightsville	Kure Beach
1-unit, detached	74.0%	75.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	10.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	26.0%	1.6%

Poverty & households

	Hightsville	Kure Beach
Poverty rate	35.8%	4.1%
Average household size	1.44	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	—	32
Median year structure built	1956	1994