Holly Ridge vs Jacksonville

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

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

Jacksonville has the higher population (73,507 vs 4,532 in Holly Ridge). Holly Ridge has the higher median household income ($106,230 vs $54,069 in Jacksonville). Holly Ridge has the higher median home value ($291,100 vs $191,700 in Jacksonville).

Population, income & housing

	Holly Ridge	Jacksonville
Population	4,532	73,507
Median age	35.8 yrs	23.3 yrs
Median household income	$106,230	$54,069
Median home value	$291,100	$191,700
Median gross rent	$1,491	$1,268
Housing units	2,375	25,768
Homeownership rate	85.8%	37.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	49.4%	25.0%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	7.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Holly Ridge	Jacksonville
Population	2,421 → 4,532 (+87.2%)	73,025 → 73,507 (+0.7%)
Median household income	$73,250 → $106,230 (+45.0%)	$44,956 → $54,069 (+20.3%)
Median home value	$211,600 → $291,100 (+37.6%)	$154,900 → $191,700 (+23.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,371 → $1,491 (+8.8%)	$992 → $1,268 (+27.8%)

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

Jacksonville

Population

73,02573,507

Median household income

$44,956$54,069

Median home value

$154,900$191,700

Median gross rent

$992$1,268

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Holly Ridge	Jacksonville
Under 5	8.8%	7.2%
5 to 17	12.8%	11.0%
18 to 24	1.9%	39.7%
25 to 34	23.1%	15.7%
35 to 44	19.2%	8.3%
45 to 54	11.3%	5.1%
55 to 64	13.1%	5.3%
65 to 74	7.5%	4.9%
75 and over	2.5%	2.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Holly Ridge	Jacksonville
White (non-Hispanic)	83.3%	55.5%
Black or African American	4.4%	15.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.2%	0.6%
Asian	0.6%	2.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.4%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.8%	6.5%
Hispanic or Latino	6.4%	18.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Holly Ridge	Jacksonville
No high school diploma	7.8%	5.2%
High school graduate	13.6%	30.8%
Some college or associate's	29.2%	38.9%
Bachelor's degree	29.8%	17.1%
Graduate or professional degree	19.6%	7.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Holly Ridge	Jacksonville
Drove alone	72.6%	55.1%
Carpooled	0.0%	17.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	0.3%	14.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	26.6%	10.8%
Other means	0.5%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Holly Ridge	Jacksonville
1-unit, detached	76.5%	47.1%
1-unit, attached	11.7%	21.1%
2 to 4 units	3.9%	8.3%
5 to 19 units	1.3%	10.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	9.9%
Mobile home & other	6.5%	2.8%

Poverty & households

	Holly Ridge	Jacksonville
Poverty rate	0.8%	13.5%
Average household size	2.56	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	31	15
Median year structure built	2013	1992