North Carolina · Census place 3702500

Atlantic Beach, North Carolina

Atlantic Beach is a town in Carteret County, North Carolina with an estimated 1,421 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 296th largest of 335 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024: 1,421; #296 of 335 in North Carolina
Change since 2020: +3.2%; +44 people
Land area: 2.4 sq mi; + 0.37 sq mi water
Density: 597 / sq mi; State median 1,316

Orange pin: Atlantic Beach. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Raleigh.

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Atlantic Beach population, 2020 to 2024

Atlantic Beach added 44 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +3.2%. In the latest year it moved by +11.

July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,375. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Atlantic Beach covers 2.38 square miles of land and 0.37 of water, for 597 people per square mile of land. The median North Carolina place of 5,000+ has 1,316, so Atlantic Beach is less dense than the typical town.

What county Atlantic Beach is in

All of Atlantic Beach's residents live in Carteret County, which had 70,259 residents in 2024. Atlantic Beach holds 2.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Atlantic Beach

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Atlantic Beach by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 28512. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a town that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Atlantic Beach is

The Census internal point of Atlantic Beach is at 34.701900, -76.742300. Raleigh, the capital, is 130.4 miles NW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Morehead City, NC (9,963 people), 1.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Wilmington, NC, 73.5 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal: 34.701900, -76.742300
DMS: 34°42'6.84"N 76°44'32.28"W
UTM: 18N 340429.1E 3841367.2N
Geohash: dq1mmtmcn
Plus code: 8765P725+Q3

Daylight in Atlantic Beach

At 34.70° N, Atlantic Beach gets about 14 h 29 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 50 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 40 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Atlantic Beach

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in North Carolina, measured between internal points. The closest is Morehead City, 1.8 miles away, with 9,963 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Atlantic Beach, NC?

1,421 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 44 (3.2%) from 1,377 in July 2020.

What county is Atlantic Beach in?

Carteret County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Atlantic Beach?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 28512.

How far is Atlantic Beach from Raleigh?

130.4 miles (209.9 km) in a straight line, heading NW from Atlantic Beach.

What is the nearest larger city to Atlantic Beach?

Morehead City, NC, with 9,963 residents, 1.8 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.