Skippers Corner vs Wrightsville Beach

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

Skippers Corner 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.

Skippers Corner has the higher population (3,834 vs 2,679 in Wrightsville Beach). Wrightsville Beach has the higher median household income ($167,273 vs $67,469 in Skippers Corner). Wrightsville Beach has the higher median home value ($1,041,800 vs $249,200 in Skippers Corner).

Population, income & housing

	Skippers Corner	Wrightsville Beach
Population	3,834	2,679
Median age	43.0 yrs	56.1 yrs
Median household income	$67,469	$167,273
Median home value	$249,200	$1,041,800
Median gross rent	$759	$1,892
Housing units	1,432	2,926
Homeownership rate	90.0%	81.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.9%	71.6%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Skippers Corner	Wrightsville Beach
Population	2,716 → 3,834 (+41.2%)	2,565 → 2,679 (+4.4%)
Median household income	$52,813 → $67,469 (+27.8%)	$109,013 → $167,273 (+53.4%)
Median home value	$203,100 → $249,200 (+22.7%)	$798,700 → $1,041,800 (+30.4%)
Median gross rent	$725 → $759 (+4.7%)	$1,655 → $1,892 (+14.3%)

Skippers Corner

Population

2,7163,834

Median household income

$52,813$67,469

Median home value

$203,100$249,200

Median gross rent

$725$759

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)

	Skippers Corner	Wrightsville Beach
Under 5	7.2%	3.0%
5 to 17	13.7%	10.0%
18 to 24	8.6%	4.6%
25 to 34	12.6%	8.9%
35 to 44	11.0%	9.3%
45 to 54	15.6%	12.7%
55 to 64	13.6%	20.8%
65 to 74	12.4%	21.1%
75 and over	5.3%	9.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Skippers Corner	Wrightsville Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	81.9%	94.3%
Black or African American	7.6%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.6%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	8.6%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Skippers Corner	Wrightsville Beach
No high school diploma	10.7%	0.7%
High school graduate	27.8%	11.9%
Some college or associate's	37.6%	15.8%
Bachelor's degree	16.1%	46.3%
Graduate or professional degree	7.8%	25.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Skippers Corner	Wrightsville Beach
Drove alone	77.2%	69.9%
Carpooled	10.6%	3.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.3%	24.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Skippers Corner	Wrightsville Beach
1-unit, detached	62.5%	44.5%
1-unit, attached	9.9%	9.8%
2 to 4 units	4.6%	19.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	14.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	11.6%
Mobile home & other	23.0%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Skippers Corner	Wrightsville Beach
Poverty rate	31.6%	3.6%
Average household size	2.46	2.06
Mean commute (minutes)	19	17
Median year structure built	1995	1978