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Kure Beach town, North Carolina: commercial real estate data.
Kure Beach town is a Census town of 2,466 people across 0.88 square miles of land, in New Hanover County. Median household income is $104,149, 80.1 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 2 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $3.0 m.
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Kure Beach
What Kure Beach is
- Census place typetown
- Land area0.88 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land2,803
- County holding the largest share of its areaNew Hanover 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.
Kure Beach
How many people live in Kure Beach
- Population2,466
- Median age56.7
- Population under 18252 plus or minus 85
- Share under 1810.2 percent plus or minus 2.8
- Population 65 and over658
- Share 65 and over26.7 percent plus or minus 6.9
- Households1,073
- Family households859 plus or minus 206
- Share of households that are families80.1 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Kure Beach
Income and work in Kure Beach
- Median household income$104,149
- Per capita income$62,444
- Civilian labor force1,346 plus or minus 394
- Employed1,315 plus or minus 394
- Unemployed31 plus or minus 22
- Unemployment rate2.3 percent plus or minus 1.5
- Adults 25 and over2,072
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher98.9 percent plus or minus 25.3
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher52.9 percent plus or minus 12.6
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree19.5 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Kure Beach
Housing in Kure Beach
- Housing units2,137
- Occupied units1,073
- Vacant units1,064
- Vacancy rate49.8 percent
- Owner occupied860
- Renter occupied213 plus or minus 164
- Ownership rate80.1 percent plus or minus 18.5
- Median owner-occupied home value$735,100
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,436
- Annual rent as a share of median income16.5 percent plus or minus 4.1
- Single family units1,870
- Share single family87.5 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more240 plus or minus 98
- Share in buildings of two or more11.2 percent plus or minus 4.5
- Mobile homes27 plus or minus 18
- Median year structure built1996
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Kure Beach gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute763 plus or minus 223
- Commuting under 15 minutes236 plus or minus 153
- Share commuting under 15 minutes30.9 percent plus or minus 18.0
- Commuting 30 minutes or more267 plus or minus 95
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more35.0 percent plus or minus 7.1
- Drove alone43.7 percent
- Carpooled2.5 percent plus or minus 1.9
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked12.4 percent plus or minus 13.6
- Worked from home37.0 percent plus or minus 8.5
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Kure Beach
SBA loans in Kure Beach (7(a))
- Approvals2
- Gross approval$2,958,200
- Average approval$1,479,100
- Median approval$2,708,200
- Ninetieth percentile approval$2,708,200
- Largest approval$2,708,200
- Jobs supported27
- Jobs per approval13.5
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Paid in full1
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more50.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders2
- Distinct industries by NAICS2
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 1 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Kure Beach
Flood risk in Kure Beach
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- Best Community Rating System classClass 8
- NFIP community number370170
- Currently effective map date02/16/07
FEMA, National Flood Insurance Program Community Status Book, Community Status Book, as retrieved.
New Hanover County, not Kure Beach
New Hanover County context, not Kure Beach figures
These are New Hanover County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Kure Beach measurements.
- Establishments in New Hanover County8,710
- Employment at those establishments, New Hanover County121,389
- Covered employment, New Hanover County130,464
- Average annual pay, New Hanover County$61,611
- Average weekly wage, New Hanover County$1,185
- Housing units permitted, New Hanover County2,581
- Of those, single family, New Hanover County1,296
- County product, 2024, New Hanover County$21,041,119,000
- County product change over the prior year, New Hanover County5.9 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, New Hanover County$86,710
Every figure in this section is published for New Hanover County as a whole and is not a measurement of Kure Beach. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
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. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Kure Beach questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Kure Beach, North Carolina?
2,466, in 1,073 households. Kure Beach town covers 0.88 square miles of land, which is 2,803 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Kure Beach in?
New Hanover 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 Kure Beach?
$104,149. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $735,100. Median gross rent is $1,436 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Kure Beach businesses?
2 7(a) approvals totalling $3.0 m, across 2 lenders, median approval $2,708,200. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Kure Beach, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Kure Beach borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Kure Beach. only 1 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Is Kure Beach in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Kure Beach appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 370170, carrying Community Rating System class 8, which is a premium discount for exceeding the programme 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 Kure Beach figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for New Hanover 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 Kure Beach.
Is zoning published for Kure Beach?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.