Long Creek vs Topsail Beach

A side-by-side comparison of Long Creek and Topsail Beach: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Topsail Beach has the higher population (444 vs 209 in Long Creek). Since 2019, Long Creek's population has grown faster (+111.1% vs +8.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Long Creek	Topsail Beach
Population	209	444
Median age	52.3 yrs	66.2 yrs
Median household income	—	$90,833
Median home value	—	$630,500
Median gross rent	—	$1,250
Housing units	146	1,295
Homeownership rate	100.0%	94.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.9%	63.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Long Creek	Topsail Beach
Population	99 → 209 (+111.1%)	409 → 444 (+8.6%)
Median household income	—	$78,750 → $90,833 (+15.3%)
Median home value	$63,900 → $61,700 (-3.4%)	$552,300 → $630,500 (+14.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,063 → $1,250 (+17.6%)

Long Creek

Population

99209

Median home value

$63,900$61,700

Topsail Beach

Population

409444

Median household income

$78,750$90,833

Median home value

$552,300$630,500

Median gross rent

$1,063$1,250

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Long Creek	Topsail Beach
Under 5	0.0%	0.5%
5 to 17	10.0%	6.8%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.5%
25 to 34	0.0%	1.8%
35 to 44	25.8%	6.1%
45 to 54	19.1%	9.9%
55 to 64	18.2%	21.6%
65 to 74	26.8%	32.0%
75 and over	0.0%	20.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Long Creek	Topsail Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	95.2%	99.3%
Black or African American	4.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Long Creek	Topsail Beach
No high school diploma	11.7%	1.2%
High school graduate	53.7%	8.8%
Some college or associate's	19.7%	26.8%
Bachelor's degree	14.9%	36.6%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	26.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Long Creek	Topsail Beach
Drove alone	100.0%	56.1%
Carpooled	0.0%	1.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	3.2%
Worked from home	0.0%	37.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Long Creek	Topsail Beach
1-unit, detached	65.8%	88.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	34.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Long Creek	Topsail Beach
Poverty rate	21.5%	10.6%
Average household size	3.12	1.91
Mean commute (minutes)	26	38
Median year structure built	1968	1986