Atkinson vs Surf City

A side-by-side comparison of Atkinson and Surf City: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Surf City has the higher population (4,160 vs 487 in Atkinson). Surf City has the higher median household income ($84,833 vs $60,000 in Atkinson). Surf City has the higher median home value ($478,600 vs $135,900 in Atkinson).

Population, income & housing

	Atkinson	Surf City
Population	487	4,160
Median age	33.8 yrs	39.8 yrs
Median household income	$60,000	$84,833
Median home value	$135,900	$478,600
Median gross rent	$1,688	$1,421
Housing units	186	4,447
Homeownership rate	88.0%	76.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.6%	50.8%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Atkinson	Surf City
Population	392 → 487 (+24.2%)	3,449 → 4,160 (+20.6%)
Median household income	$40,625 → $60,000 (+47.7%)	$75,556 → $84,833 (+12.3%)
Median home value	$92,200 → $135,900 (+47.4%)	$275,700 → $478,600 (+73.6%)
Median gross rent	$886 → $1,688 (+90.5%)	$1,146 → $1,421 (+24.0%)

Atkinson

Population

392487

Median household income

$40,625$60,000

Median home value

$92,200$135,900

Median gross rent

$886$1,688

Surf City

Population

3,4494,160

Median household income

$75,556$84,833

Median home value

$275,700$478,600

Median gross rent

$1,146$1,421

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Atkinson	Surf City
Under 5	13.3%	3.3%
5 to 17	20.7%	20.2%
18 to 24	5.7%	6.5%
25 to 34	12.9%	9.7%
35 to 44	11.5%	16.1%
45 to 54	8.4%	8.9%
55 to 64	14.8%	16.5%
65 to 74	7.4%	15.2%
75 and over	5.1%	3.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Atkinson	Surf City
White (non-Hispanic)	60.2%	86.4%
Black or African American	5.1%	4.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	5.3%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	29.4%	5.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Atkinson	Surf City
No high school diploma	3.1%	2.4%
High school graduate	41.3%	17.9%
Some college or associate's	44.0%	28.9%
Bachelor's degree	7.2%	29.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	21.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Atkinson	Surf City
Drove alone	96.0%	66.1%
Carpooled	1.5%	6.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	2.5%	25.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Atkinson	Surf City
1-unit, detached	79.6%	69.5%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	5.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.1%
20 or more units	3.8%	5.3%
Mobile home & other	16.1%	13.2%

Poverty & households

	Atkinson	Surf City
Poverty rate	12.3%	4.9%
Average household size	2.93	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	33	23
Median year structure built	1957	2002