Holly Ridge vs Pumpkin Center

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

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

Holly Ridge has the higher population (4,532 vs 1,753 in Pumpkin Center). Holly Ridge has the higher median household income ($106,230 vs $62,684 in Pumpkin Center). Holly Ridge has the higher median home value ($291,100 vs $170,300 in Pumpkin Center).

Population, income & housing

	Holly Ridge	Pumpkin Center
Population	4,532	1,753
Median age	35.8 yrs	32.3 yrs
Median household income	$106,230	$62,684
Median home value	$291,100	$170,300
Median gross rent	$1,491	—
Housing units	2,375	684
Homeownership rate	85.8%	88.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	49.4%	18.9%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	8.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Holly Ridge	Pumpkin Center
Population	2,421 → 4,532 (+87.2%)	1,693 → 1,753 (+3.5%)
Median household income	$73,250 → $106,230 (+45.0%)	$55,208 → $62,684 (+13.5%)
Median home value	$211,600 → $291,100 (+37.6%)	$133,500 → $170,300 (+27.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,371 → $1,491 (+8.8%)	$1,114 → $1,115 (+0.1%)

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

Pumpkin Center

Population

1,6931,753

Median household income

$55,208$62,684

Median home value

$133,500$170,300

Median gross rent

$1,114$1,115

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Holly Ridge	Pumpkin Center
Under 5	8.8%	0.0%
5 to 17	12.8%	27.5%
18 to 24	1.9%	11.0%
25 to 34	23.1%	16.8%
35 to 44	19.2%	4.4%
45 to 54	11.3%	14.7%
55 to 64	13.1%	11.8%
65 to 74	7.5%	10.2%
75 and over	2.5%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Holly Ridge	Pumpkin Center
White (non-Hispanic)	83.3%	80.9%
Black or African American	4.4%	13.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.2%	0.7%
Asian	0.6%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	6.4%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Holly Ridge	Pumpkin Center
No high school diploma	7.8%	8.1%
High school graduate	13.6%	33.2%
Some college or associate's	29.2%	39.9%
Bachelor's degree	29.8%	13.1%
Graduate or professional degree	19.6%	5.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Holly Ridge	Pumpkin Center
Drove alone	72.6%	78.7%
Carpooled	0.0%	6.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	26.6%	10.3%
Other means	0.5%	4.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Holly Ridge	Pumpkin Center
1-unit, detached	76.5%	97.5%
1-unit, attached	11.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.5%	2.5%

Poverty & households

	Holly Ridge	Pumpkin Center
Poverty rate	0.8%	3.4%
Average household size	2.56	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	31	27
Median year structure built	2013	1980