North Carolina · Census place 68040
Topsail Beach town, NC
Quick answer
Topsail Beach town has 444 residents, ranking #609 of 777 places in North Carolina. Median household income is $90,833, the median home is worth $630,500 and median gross rent runs $1,250 a month.
- Population
- 444Topsail Beach town residents
- Median household income
- $90,833Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $630,500Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $1,250Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 66.2 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 94.4%Owner-occupied households
What the numbers mean in Topsail Beach town
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
A household earning the Topsail Beach town median would spend about 16.5% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 6.9× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 10.6% of residents and 94.4% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
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