Burgaw vs Surf City

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

Burgaw 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 3,249 in Burgaw). Surf City has the higher median household income ($84,833 vs $65,514 in Burgaw). Surf City has the higher median home value ($478,600 vs $207,400 in Burgaw).

Population, income & housing

	Burgaw	Surf City
Population	3,249	4,160
Median age	45.1 yrs	39.8 yrs
Median household income	$65,514	$84,833
Median home value	$207,400	$478,600
Median gross rent	$1,020	$1,421
Housing units	1,317	4,447
Homeownership rate	66.9%	76.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.8%	50.8%
Unemployment rate	11.5%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Burgaw	Surf City
Population	4,080 → 3,249 (-20.4%)	3,449 → 4,160 (+20.6%)
Median household income	$37,616 → $65,514 (+74.2%)	$75,556 → $84,833 (+12.3%)
Median home value	$163,000 → $207,400 (+27.2%)	$275,700 → $478,600 (+73.6%)
Median gross rent	$779 → $1,020 (+30.9%)	$1,146 → $1,421 (+24.0%)

Burgaw

Population

4,0803,249

Median household income

$37,616$65,514

Median home value

$163,000$207,400

Median gross rent

$779$1,020

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)

	Burgaw	Surf City
Under 5	5.5%	3.3%
5 to 17	13.5%	20.2%
18 to 24	7.8%	6.5%
25 to 34	10.4%	9.7%
35 to 44	12.6%	16.1%
45 to 54	11.4%	8.9%
55 to 64	18.8%	16.5%
65 to 74	13.0%	15.2%
75 and over	7.0%	3.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Burgaw	Surf City
White (non-Hispanic)	54.2%	86.4%
Black or African American	29.6%	4.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.2%
Two or more races	5.4%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	9.8%	5.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Burgaw	Surf City
No high school diploma	19.3%	2.4%
High school graduate	28.6%	17.9%
Some college or associate's	32.3%	28.9%
Bachelor's degree	12.0%	29.0%
Graduate or professional degree	7.8%	21.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Burgaw	Surf City
Drove alone	82.0%	66.1%
Carpooled	7.5%	6.7%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	9.5%	25.0%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Burgaw	Surf City
1-unit, detached	71.1%	69.5%
1-unit, attached	3.0%	5.0%
2 to 4 units	4.6%	2.9%
5 to 19 units	7.4%	4.1%
20 or more units	1.6%	5.3%
Mobile home & other	12.2%	13.2%

Poverty & households

	Burgaw	Surf City
Poverty rate	22.3%	4.9%
Average household size	2.29	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	28	23
Median year structure built	1988	2002