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Sunset Beach, North Carolina: commercial real estate data.
Sunset Beach is a Census town of 4,351 people across 6.76 square miles of land, in Brunswick County. Median household income is $81,976, 86.4 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 4 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $2.9 m since FY2020.
Underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics, not published by the agency.
Sunset Beach
What Sunset Beach is
- Census place typetown
- Land area6.76 sq mi
- Water area0.92 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land644
- County holding the largest share of its areaBrunswick County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Sunset Beach
How many people live in Sunset Beach
- Population4,351
- Median age69.1
- Population under 18156 plus or minus 82
- Share under 183.6 percent plus or minus 1.9
- Population 65 and over2,599
- Share 65 and over59.7 percent
- Households2,381
- Family households1,482
- Share of households that are families62.2 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Sunset Beach
Income and work in Sunset Beach
- Median household income$81,976
- Per capita income$57,169
- Civilian labor force1,395 plus or minus 329
- Employed1,385 plus or minus 328
- Unemployed10 plus or minus 18
- Unemployment rate0.7 percent plus or minus 1.3
- Adults 25 and over4,150
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher98.3 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher40.0 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree14.3 percent plus or minus 3.3
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Sunset Beach
- Housing units5,238
- Occupied units2,381
- Vacant units2,857
- Vacancy rate54.5 percent
- Owner occupied2,057
- Renter occupied324 plus or minus 227
- Ownership rate86.4 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$410,900
- Median gross rent, monthly$537 plus or minus $342
- Annual rent as a share of median income7.9 percent plus or minus 5.2
- Single family units3,095
- Share single family59.1 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more1,624 plus or minus 345
- Share in buildings of two or more31.0 percent plus or minus 6.3
- Mobile homes519 plus or minus 242
- Median year structure built2000
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Sunset Beach gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute1,040 plus or minus 332
- Commuting under 15 minutes371 plus or minus 201
- Share commuting under 15 minutes35.7 percent plus or minus 15.6
- Commuting 30 minutes or more166 plus or minus 76
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more16.0 percent plus or minus 5.2
- Drove alone73.3 percent plus or minus 17.4
- Carpooled2.1 percent plus or minus 2.0
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked2.3 percent plus or minus 1.9
- Worked from home22.2 percent plus or minus 5.8
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Sunset Beach
SBA loans in Sunset Beach (7(a))
- Approvals4
- Gross approval$2,893,000
- Average approval$723,250
- Median approval$463,000
- Largest approval$1,892,000
- Jobs supported69
- Jobs per approval17.3
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Paid in full0
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more0.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders3
- Distinct industries by NAICS3
Counted by borrower city: approvals to borrowers whose address is in Sunset Beach, in any county, FY2020 to FY2026. Only 0 loans have reached a final outcome, fewer than the 30 a charge-off rate needs, so no rate is published.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Sunset Beach
Flood risk in Sunset Beach
- NFIP communityTown of Sunset Beach
- NFIP community number375359
- Participating in the NFIPYes
- Community Rating System classClass 6
- Currently effective map date08/28/18
The Town of Sunset Beach participates in the National Flood Insurance Program as community 375359 and carries Community Rating System class 6, a flood insurance premium discount for policies written there.
Federal Emergency Management Agency, NFIP Community Status Book (OpenFEMA), as of 2026-09-26.
Brunswick County, not Sunset Beach
Brunswick County context, not Sunset Beach figures
- Establishments in Brunswick County3,093
- Covered employment, Brunswick County41,268
- Average annual pay, Brunswick County$51,701
- Housing units permitted, Brunswick County6,093
Every figure in this section is published for Brunswick County as a whole and is not a measurement of Sunset Beach.
All Brunswick County figures →
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Parcel detail, zoning and the flood zone at an address are not on this page; they resolve at the address in the platform. How this page was built →
Common questions
Sunset Beach questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Sunset Beach, North Carolina?
4,351, in 2,381 households. Sunset Beach town covers 6.76 square miles of land, which is 644 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Sunset Beach in?
Brunswick County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Sunset Beach?
$81,976. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $410,900. Median gross rent is $537 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Sunset Beach businesses?
4 7(a) approvals totaling $2.9 m since FY2020, across 3 lenders, median approval $463,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Sunset Beach, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Sunset Beach borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Sunset Beach. Only 0 loans have reached a final outcome, fewer than the 30 a charge-off rate needs, so no rate is published. The counts are shown instead.
Is Sunset Beach in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Sunset Beach appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as Sunset Beach, town of, community 375359, carrying Community Rating System class 6, which is a premium discount for exceeding the program minimum. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
Are the county figures on this page Sunset Beach figures?
No, and they are labeled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Brunswick County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Sunset Beach.
Is zoning published for Sunset Beach?
No. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.