North Carolina · Census place 3736220

Kure Beach, North Carolina

Kure Beach is a town in New Hanover County, North Carolina with an estimated 2,154 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 253rd largest of 335 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
2,154
#253 of 335 in North Carolina
Change since 2020
-1.3%
-29 people
Land area
0.9 sq mi
Density
2,448 / sq mi
State median 1,316
Orange pin: Kure Beach. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Raleigh.

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Kure Beach population, 2020 to 2024

Kure Beach lost 29 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.3%. In the latest year it moved by -6.

2,18320202,17220212,17720222,16020232,1542024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 2,188. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Kure Beach covers 0.88 square miles of land, for 2,448 people per square mile of land. The median North Carolina place of 5,000+ has 1,316, so Kure Beach is denser than the typical town.

What county Kure Beach is in

All of Kure Beach's residents live in New Hanover County, which had 243,333 residents in 2024. Kure Beach holds 0.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Kure Beach

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Kure Beach by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 28428, 28449. 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 Kure Beach is

The Census internal point of Kure Beach is at 33.999300, -77.907600. Raleigh, the capital, is 129.8 miles NNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Carolina Beach, NC (6,864 people), 3.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Wilmington, NC, 14.5 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
33.999300, -77.907600
DMS
33°59'57.48"N 77°54'27.36"W
UTM
18N 231443.7E 3765890.7N
Geohash
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Plus code
8754X3XR+PX

Daylight in Kure Beach

At 34.00° N, Kure Beach gets about 14 h 25 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 53 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 32 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Kure Beach

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in North Carolina, measured between internal points. The closest is Carolina Beach, 3.0 miles away, with 6,864 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Kure Beach, NC?

2,154 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 29 (1.3%) from 2,183 in July 2020.

What county is Kure Beach in?

New Hanover County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Kure Beach?

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 28428, 28449.

How far is Kure Beach from Raleigh?

129.8 miles (208.9 km) in a straight line, heading NNW from Kure Beach.

What is the nearest larger city to Kure Beach?

Carolina Beach, NC, with 6,864 residents, 3.0 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.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

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