Cost of living in Atlantic Beach, North Carolina
Atlantic Beach, North Carolina has about 1,719 people. Typical rent is $1,206 a month, including utilities, and a typical household earns $70,402 a year. Both figures are Census 2020–2024 medians, not a listing or your pay. This site does not approve or deny benefits. A missing figure stays blank. We do not guess it.
Simple answer
Typical rent is $1,206 a month.
Atlantic Beach is a town in North Carolina. That rent number includes utilities. A typical household earns $70,402 a year.
- People
- 1,719
- Census average, 2020–2024
- Typical rent
- $1,206
- Median gross rent, includes utilities
- Typical pay
- $70,402
- Median household income, yearly
- Typical home
- $498,400
- Median home value
- 2-bedroom fair rent
- $1,277
- Carteret County, NC
- Gas
- $4.035
- Lower Atlantic (PADD 1C), week of October 12, 2026
Atlantic Beach, North Carolina has about 1,719 people. That count is a 2020–2024 Census average, not a headcount from one day.
A typical home is worth about $498,400.
HUD's fair-market rent for a 2-bedroom in Carteret County is $1,277 a month. That is the county number, not an apartment listing in Atlantic Beach. It runs from October 2026 through September 2027.
North Carolina's prices sit at 94.3 when the U.S. average is 100. This place is not in a metro area with its own index, so this is the state number from BEA for 2024.
North Carolina taxes wages. A typical combined sales tax is 7.0% as of January 1, 2026. That mix is statewide, not Atlantic Beach's exact store tax.
In July 2026, a typical North Carolina home paid 15.16¢ per kilowatt-hour. That is a state average from EIA, not Atlantic Beach's bill.
EIA does not publish a North Carolina gasoline price. For the week of October 12, 2026, the Lower Atlantic (PADD 1C) all-grades price was $4.035 a gallon. At 12,000 miles a year and 25 mpg, the index counts that as $1,936.80 a year. Those miles are our standard, not a Census figure, and every town in North Carolina shares this price.
Among 407 places we list in North Carolina with a rent figure, 133 have higher typical rent than Atlantic Beach.
Nearby places
- Morehead City
Typical rent $1,134
Compare with Atlantic Beach - Pine Knoll Shores
Typical rent $1,750
Compare with Atlantic Beach - Beaufort
Typical rent $835
Compare with Atlantic Beach - Brandywine Bay
Typical rent $2,141
Compare with Atlantic Beach - Newport
Typical rent $896
Compare with Atlantic Beach - Broad Creek
Typical rent $908
Compare with Atlantic Beach - Cherry Branch
Typical rent $1,706
- Emerald Isle
Typical rent $1,704
EBT nearby
USDA has a live map of stores that take SNAP. We did not copy that store list here. The downloadable file is a history file for 2005 through 2025, so the live map is the one to use.
Locator page updated 2026-09-11. Last checked 2026-10-16.
Food stamps (SNAP) tools in North Carolina
Bigger places in North Carolina
Census 2020-2024. HUD rents for October 2026–September 2027. BEA prices for 2024. Taxes as of January 1, 2026. Checked 2026-10-16. 15,000 places are in this guide.