Minnesott Beach vs Oriental

A side-by-side comparison of Minnesott Beach and Oriental: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Oriental has the higher population (930 vs 529 in Minnesott Beach). Minnesott Beach has the higher median household income ($72,344 vs $57,875 in Oriental). Oriental has the higher median home value ($406,800 vs $266,200 in Minnesott Beach).

Population, income & housing

	Minnesott Beach	Oriental
Population	529	930
Median age	64.8 yrs	68.7 yrs
Median household income	$72,344	$57,875
Median home value	$266,200	$406,800
Median gross rent	$1,359	$1,106
Housing units	370	817
Homeownership rate	84.5%	81.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.6%	52.6%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Minnesott Beach	Oriental
Population	476 → 529 (+11.1%)	994 → 930 (-6.4%)
Median household income	$55,625 → $72,344 (+30.1%)	$53,631 → $57,875 (+7.9%)
Median home value	$197,000 → $266,200 (+35.1%)	$273,300 → $406,800 (+48.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,051 → $1,359 (+29.3%)	$963 → $1,106 (+14.8%)

Minnesott Beach

Population

476529

Median household income

$55,625$72,344

Median home value

$197,000$266,200

Median gross rent

$1,051$1,359

Oriental

Population

994930

Median household income

$53,631$57,875

Median home value

$273,300$406,800

Median gross rent

$963$1,106

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Minnesott Beach	Oriental
Under 5	4.9%	0.4%
5 to 17	5.7%	2.4%
18 to 24	3.6%	0.8%
25 to 34	9.5%	0.4%
35 to 44	4.7%	1.8%
45 to 54	3.4%	6.8%
55 to 64	18.9%	24.1%
65 to 74	34.6%	39.9%
75 and over	14.7%	23.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Minnesott Beach	Oriental
White (non-Hispanic)	87.7%	91.8%
Black or African American	1.5%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	7.0%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	3.8%	5.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Minnesott Beach	Oriental
No high school diploma	5.1%	2.2%
High school graduate	21.8%	14.4%
Some college or associate's	36.6%	30.8%
Bachelor's degree	21.4%	25.5%
Graduate or professional degree	15.2%	27.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Minnesott Beach	Oriental
Drove alone	62.0%	67.2%
Carpooled	16.8%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.6%
Worked from home	17.9%	28.8%
Other means	3.4%	2.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Minnesott Beach	Oriental
1-unit, detached	75.9%	76.0%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	9.7%	12.9%
5 to 19 units	5.7%	5.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	5.9%	2.7%

Poverty & households

	Minnesott Beach	Oriental
Poverty rate	12.5%	6.3%
Average household size	1.86	1.62
Mean commute (minutes)	31	14
Median year structure built	1989	1990