Hightsville vs Sea Breeze

A side-by-side comparison of Hightsville and Sea Breeze: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Sea Breeze has the higher population (1,731 vs 707 in Hightsville). Sea Breeze has the higher median household income ($57,379 vs $16,289 in Hightsville). Since 2019, Sea Breeze's population has grown faster (-3.0% vs -27.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Hightsville	Sea Breeze
Population	707	1,731
Median age	41.2 yrs	58.2 yrs
Median household income	$16,289	$57,379
Median home value	—	$398,800
Housing units	311	985
Homeownership rate	80.1%	88.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.8%	25.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hightsville	Sea Breeze
Population	977 → 707 (-27.6%)	1,785 → 1,731 (-3.0%)
Median household income	$14,335 → $16,289 (+13.6%)	$71,500 → $57,379 (-19.7%)
Median home value	$163,500 → $122,500 (-25.1%)	$297,900 → $398,800 (+33.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,023 → $1,169 (+14.3%)	$642 → $712 (+10.9%)

Hightsville

Population

977707

Median household income

$14,335$16,289

Median home value

$163,500$122,500

Median gross rent

$1,023$1,169

Sea Breeze

Population

1,7851,731

Median household income

$71,500$57,379

Median home value

$297,900$398,800

Median gross rent

$642$712

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hightsville	Sea Breeze
Under 5	4.1%	0.6%
5 to 17	0.0%	9.8%
18 to 24	10.7%	4.6%
25 to 34	18.8%	3.4%
35 to 44	28.4%	8.7%
45 to 54	18.5%	21.7%
55 to 64	5.4%	12.1%
65 to 74	9.1%	24.7%
75 and over	5.0%	14.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hightsville	Sea Breeze
White (non-Hispanic)	60.5%	82.7%
Black or African American	24.0%	10.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	7.2%	0.6%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.3%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	6.9%	4.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hightsville	Sea Breeze
No high school diploma	18.8%	5.4%
High school graduate	35.9%	28.8%
Some college or associate's	30.6%	40.2%
Bachelor's degree	12.8%	19.6%
Graduate or professional degree	2.0%	6.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hightsville	Sea Breeze
Drove alone	71.4%	80.9%
Carpooled	28.6%	1.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	16.0%
Other means	0.0%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hightsville	Sea Breeze
1-unit, detached	74.0%	93.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	26.0%	3.6%

Poverty & households

	Hightsville	Sea Breeze
Poverty rate	35.8%	11.1%
Average household size	1.44	2.02
Mean commute (minutes)	—	28
Median year structure built	1956	1996