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Population (year 2000): 1,507. Estimated
population in July 2005: 2,171 (+44.1% change)
Males: 731 (48.5%), Females: 776 (51.5%)
New Hanover County
Zip code:
28449
Median resident age: 50.5 years
Median household income: $47,143 (year 2000)
Median house value: $188,300 (year 2000)
Races in Kure Beach:
- White Non-Hispanic (97.9%)
- American Indian (1.0%)
- Hispanic (0.9%)
- Two or more races (0.9%)
Ancestries: English (20.4%), Irish (16.9%),
German (15.3%), United States (10.4%), Scotch-Irish (6.6%),
Italian (6.1%).
Elevation: 15 feet
Land area: 0.8 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Kure Beach
- High school or higher: 91.3%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 32.1%
- Graduate or professional degree: 11.5%
- Unemployed: 5.2%
- Mean travel time to work: 25.4 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Kure Beach town
- Never married: 15.3%
- Now married: 64.2%
- Separated: 2.2%
- Widowed: 6.0%
- Divorced: 12.4%
1.6% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: +916 (+155.0%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Kure Beach:
- J ARTHUR DOSHER MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 11 miles;
SOUTHPORT, NC)
- WILMINGTON TREATMENT CENTER (about 17 miles;
WILMINGTON, NC)
- NEW HANOVER REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER (about 24 miles;
WILMINGTON, NC)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Kure
Beach:
- WILMINGTON INTL (about 19 miles; WILMINGTON, NC; ID:
ILM)
- ALBERT J ELLIS (about 61 miles; JACKSONVILLE, NC;
ID: OAJ)
- MYRTLE BEACH INTL (about 74 miles; MYRTLE BEACH, SC;
ID: MYR)
Other public-use airports nearest to Kure Beach:
- BRUNSWICK COUNTY (about 13 miles; OAK ISLAND, NC;
ID: SUT)
- OCEAN ISLE (about 37 miles; OCEAN ISLE BEACH, NC;
ID: 60J)
- HOLLY RIDGE/TOPSAIL ISLAND (about 43 miles; HOLLY
RIDGE, NC; ID: N21)
Amtrak station near Kure Beach:
- 18 miles: WILMINGTON (201 HARNETT ST.) - Bus
Station. Services: enclosed waiting area, public
restrooms, public payphones, vending machines.
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Kure Beach:
- UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA-WILMINGTON (about 16
miles; WILMINGTON, NC; Full-time enrollment: 8,996)
- CAPE FEAR COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 17 miles;
WILMINGTON, NC; FT enrollment: 3,550)
- COASTAL CAROLINA COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 66 miles;
JACKSONVILLE, NC; FT enrollment: 2,237)
- HORRY-GEORGETOWN TECHNICAL COLLEGE (about 71 miles;
CONWAY, SC; FT enrollment: 2,315)
- COASTAL CAROLINA UNIVERSITY (about 78 miles; CONWAY,
SC; FT enrollment: 4,067)
- FAYETTEVILLE STATE UNIVERSITY (about 97 miles;
FAYETTEVILLE, NC; FT enrollment: 3,506)
- UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT PEMBROKE (about 101
miles; PEMBROKE, NC; FT enrollment: 2,806)
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