Kure Beach vs Wrightsville Beach

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

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

Wrightsville Beach has the higher population (2,679 vs 2,323 in Kure Beach). Wrightsville Beach has the higher median household income ($167,273 vs $102,292 in Kure Beach). Wrightsville Beach has the higher median home value ($1,041,800 vs $633,800 in Kure Beach).

Population, income & housing

	Kure Beach	Wrightsville Beach
Population	2,323	2,679
Median age	56.0 yrs	56.1 yrs
Median household income	$102,292	$167,273
Median home value	$633,800	$1,041,800
Median gross rent	$1,373	$1,892
Housing units	2,204	2,926
Homeownership rate	76.9%	81.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	50.7%	71.6%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kure Beach	Wrightsville Beach
Population	2,124 → 2,323 (+9.4%)	2,565 → 2,679 (+4.4%)
Median household income	$71,319 → $102,292 (+43.4%)	$109,013 → $167,273 (+53.4%)
Median home value	$453,500 → $633,800 (+39.8%)	$798,700 → $1,041,800 (+30.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,414 → $1,373 (-2.9%)	$1,655 → $1,892 (+14.3%)

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

Wrightsville Beach

Population

2,5652,679

Median household income

$109,013$167,273

Median home value

$798,700$1,041,800

Median gross rent

$1,655$1,892

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kure Beach	Wrightsville Beach
Under 5	2.0%	3.0%
5 to 17	7.3%	10.0%
18 to 24	5.7%	4.6%
25 to 34	8.6%	8.9%
35 to 44	6.1%	9.3%
45 to 54	18.3%	12.7%
55 to 64	27.1%	20.8%
65 to 74	17.5%	21.1%
75 and over	7.4%	9.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kure Beach	Wrightsville Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	96.7%	94.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kure Beach	Wrightsville Beach
No high school diploma	2.2%	0.7%
High school graduate	19.9%	11.9%
Some college or associate's	27.3%	15.8%
Bachelor's degree	30.6%	46.3%
Graduate or professional degree	20.1%	25.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kure Beach	Wrightsville Beach
Drove alone	53.2%	69.9%
Carpooled	5.0%	3.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	11.0%	1.5%
Bicycle	1.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	26.6%	24.8%
Other means	2.6%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kure Beach	Wrightsville Beach
1-unit, detached	75.2%	44.5%
1-unit, attached	10.1%	9.8%
2 to 4 units	5.9%	19.1%
5 to 19 units	5.7%	14.6%
20 or more units	1.4%	11.6%
Mobile home & other	1.6%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Kure Beach	Wrightsville Beach
Poverty rate	4.1%	3.6%
Average household size	2.28	2.06
Mean commute (minutes)	32	17
Median year structure built	1994	1978