Seaside town in North Carolina, United States

Holden Beach

$882kMedian Home
317Sunny Days/yr
View on Map· Pop. 631· Elev. 3 ftWikipedia

Holden Beach is a seaside town in Brunswick County, North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, Holden Beach had a population of 921. It is part of the Wilmington, North Carolina Metropolitan Statistical Area.Wikipedia

Motto: The Family Beach

State Context

North CarolinaU.S. state

North Carolina is a state in the Southeastern and South Atlantic regions of the United States. It is bordered by Virginia to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, South Carolina to the south, Georgia to the southwest, and Tennessee to the west. The state is the 28th-largest and ninth-most populous of the United States. Along with South Carolina, it makes up the Carolinas region of the East Coast.Wikipedia

Income tax: Flat 4.25%Avg sales tax: 7.00%Property tax: 0.70%Official school data available

About the Region

Southeast

The Southeast has become the most active real estate market in the United States. Charlotte, Raleigh, Atlanta, and Nashville's broader metro have all absorbed sustained in-migration driven by warmer weather, relatively lower housing costs than comparable Sun Belt metros, and — in Florida and Tennessee — no state income tax. The Research Triangle between Raleigh, Durham, and Chapel Hill has emerged as a genuine rival to established tech corridors, anchored by Duke, UNC, and NC State.

The region's rapid growth has created real affordability pressure in cities that were bargains a decade ago. Asheville, Savannah, and coastal Florida markets have seen sharp appreciation, narrowing the cost advantage that drew transplants in the first place. Coastal areas across the Southeast also carry increasing flood and hurricane insurance costs as storm frequency and severity trends upward. Long, hot, and humid summers are a material lifestyle consideration — June through September in much of the region is genuinely intense.

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Current Conditions

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Cost of Living

Housing
$882k
Median Home Price
Household Income
$106k
Median annual
05

Climate

Sunshine
317
sunny days per year
87% of the year
Comfort Score
70/100
Good
Rainfall
58"
inches per year
Air Quality
43
Good AQI
07

Demographics

Population631
Altitude3 ftabove sea level
Median Age64 yrs
College Educated69%bachelor's or higher
Work From Home14%of workforce
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