Half Moon vs Holly Ridge

A side-by-side comparison of Half Moon and Holly Ridge: population, income, housing, and more.

Half Moon and Holly Ridge are places in North Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Half Moon has the higher population (7,780 vs 4,532 in Holly Ridge). Holly Ridge has the higher median household income ($106,230 vs $61,848 in Half Moon). Holly Ridge has the higher median home value ($291,100 vs $170,900 in Half Moon).

Population, income & housing

	Half Moon	Holly Ridge
Population	7,780	4,532
Median age	26.7 yrs	35.8 yrs
Median household income	$61,848	$106,230
Median home value	$170,900	$291,100
Median gross rent	$951	$1,491
Housing units	3,241	2,375
Homeownership rate	77.9%	85.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.1%	49.4%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Half Moon	Holly Ridge
Population	8,243 → 7,780 (-5.6%)	2,421 → 4,532 (+87.2%)
Median household income	$53,361 → $61,848 (+15.9%)	$73,250 → $106,230 (+45.0%)
Median home value	$150,000 → $170,900 (+13.9%)	$211,600 → $291,100 (+37.6%)
Median gross rent	$908 → $951 (+4.7%)	$1,371 → $1,491 (+8.8%)

Half Moon

Population

8,2437,780

Median household income

$53,361$61,848

Median home value

$150,000$170,900

Median gross rent

$908$951

Holly Ridge

Population

2,4214,532

Median household income

$73,250$106,230

Median home value

$211,600$291,100

Median gross rent

$1,371$1,491

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Half Moon	Holly Ridge
Under 5	11.8%	8.8%
5 to 17	17.4%	12.8%
18 to 24	18.0%	1.9%
25 to 34	12.6%	23.1%
35 to 44	9.6%	19.2%
45 to 54	12.9%	11.3%
55 to 64	5.2%	13.1%
65 to 74	7.4%	7.5%
75 and over	5.0%	2.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Half Moon	Holly Ridge
White (non-Hispanic)	54.8%	83.3%
Black or African American	18.1%	4.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	2.2%
Asian	4.8%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	7.6%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	14.7%	6.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Half Moon	Holly Ridge
No high school diploma	4.2%	7.8%
High school graduate	40.8%	13.6%
Some college or associate's	31.9%	29.2%
Bachelor's degree	14.5%	29.8%
Graduate or professional degree	8.6%	19.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Half Moon	Holly Ridge
Drove alone	75.8%	72.6%
Carpooled	14.8%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.5%	26.6%
Other means	2.2%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Half Moon	Holly Ridge
1-unit, detached	77.3%	76.5%
1-unit, attached	4.0%	11.7%
2 to 4 units	7.0%	3.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.7%	6.5%

Poverty & households

	Half Moon	Holly Ridge
Poverty rate	12.4%	0.8%
Average household size	2.75	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	29	31
Median year structure built	1988	2013