Sea Breeze vs Wrightsville Beach

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

Sea Breeze 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 1,731 in Sea Breeze). Wrightsville Beach has the higher median household income ($167,273 vs $57,379 in Sea Breeze). Wrightsville Beach has the higher median home value ($1,041,800 vs $398,800 in Sea Breeze).

Population, income & housing

	Sea Breeze	Wrightsville Beach
Population	1,731	2,679
Median age	58.2 yrs	56.1 yrs
Median household income	$57,379	$167,273
Median home value	$398,800	$1,041,800
Median gross rent	—	$1,892
Housing units	985	2,926
Homeownership rate	88.7%	81.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.7%	71.6%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sea Breeze	Wrightsville Beach
Population	1,785 → 1,731 (-3.0%)	2,565 → 2,679 (+4.4%)
Median household income	$71,500 → $57,379 (-19.7%)	$109,013 → $167,273 (+53.4%)
Median home value	$297,900 → $398,800 (+33.9%)	$798,700 → $1,041,800 (+30.4%)
Median gross rent	$642 → $712 (+10.9%)	$1,655 → $1,892 (+14.3%)

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

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)

	Sea Breeze	Wrightsville Beach
Under 5	0.6%	3.0%
5 to 17	9.8%	10.0%
18 to 24	4.6%	4.6%
25 to 34	3.4%	8.9%
35 to 44	8.7%	9.3%
45 to 54	21.7%	12.7%
55 to 64	12.1%	20.8%
65 to 74	24.7%	21.1%
75 and over	14.6%	9.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sea Breeze	Wrightsville Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	82.7%	94.3%
Black or African American	10.2%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.7%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	4.4%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sea Breeze	Wrightsville Beach
No high school diploma	5.4%	0.7%
High school graduate	28.8%	11.9%
Some college or associate's	40.2%	15.8%
Bachelor's degree	19.6%	46.3%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	25.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sea Breeze	Wrightsville Beach
Drove alone	80.9%	69.9%
Carpooled	1.9%	3.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.0%	24.8%
Other means	1.2%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sea Breeze	Wrightsville Beach
1-unit, detached	93.7%	44.5%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	9.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	19.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	14.6%
20 or more units	0.6%	11.6%
Mobile home & other	3.6%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Sea Breeze	Wrightsville Beach
Poverty rate	11.1%	3.6%
Average household size	2.02	2.06
Mean commute (minutes)	28	17
Median year structure built	1996	1978