Sea BreezeNC
A town of 1,849.
Is Sea Breeze a good place to live?
The best of Sea Breeze’s subject grades is an A− for health; the weakest is a D− for hazard risk. Sea Breeze’s age of the median resident is 56.9 years, where North Carolina’s towns sit at 40.1 years and U.S. towns at 40.5 years. On cost of living, just 35 of North Carolina’s 450 towns do worse. On history, just 31 of North Carolina’s 451 towns do worse. Sea Breeze has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Sea Breeze stand out
Where Sea Breeze beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
Sea Breeze has grown 14% from 2010 to 2020
1,969 counted in 2010 and 2,245 in 2020.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts
How Sea Breeze grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within North Carolina), ordered by how far Sea Breeze is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Fort Fisher and 10 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Sea Breeze. Close and well known come first.
7 mi LandmarkFort Fisher
3 mi GardenOrton Plantation
4 mi MuseumBrunswick Town11 mi GardenAirlie Gardens
30 mi National BattlefieldMoores Creek National Battlefield56K visitors a year
12 mi TheatreThalian HallPhoto credits
Fort Fisher: Eric T. Gunther, CC BY 3.0 · Orton Plantation: AgnosticPreachersKid., CC BY-SA 3.0 · Brunswick Town: Brunswick1726, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Moores Creek National Battlefield: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain · Thalian Hall: Sanfranman59, CC BY-SA 3.0
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Moving to Sea Breeze: who provides what
Sea Breeze is unincorporated, so New Hanover County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Sea Breeze.
Sea Breeze skews older than North Carolina
People 65 and older are two in five residents (17% statewide); adults 18 to 34 are 10% of residents (23% statewide). Among adults 25 and older, 31% have a four-year degree or more, against 36% across North Carolina.
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±8.7 points. Across North Carolina, 51.1% of residents are women.
| Sea Breeze | NC | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 2% | 11.6% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 10.8% | 10.2% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 4.4% | 9.5% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 5.9% | 13.4% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 6% | 12.8% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 17.1% | 12.6% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 14.2% | 12.8% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 22.8% | 10.3% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 16.7% | 6.9% | 7% |
| No diploma | 5% | 9.9% | 10.4% |
| High school | 23.4% | 24.8% | 26% |
| Some college | 28.2% | 19.6% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 12.1% | 10.1% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 19.5% | 22.2% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 11.9% | 13.5% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 1,800, single groups can be off by several points
The biggest natural risk in Sea Breeze is hurricanes, at a very high overall level
In Sea Breeze, the risk rating from FEMA is 94 of 100, above both North Carolina’s towns (47 of 100) and U.S. towns (44 of 100). Of the losses FEMA expects here, 69% come from hurricanes and 14% from inland flooding.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Residents of Sea Breeze are healthier than four in five U.S. towns
The share of adults in Sea Breeze who have high blood pressure: 40%. Of 32 CDC measures, Sea Breeze beats the North Carolina average on 13 and trails it on 4. In Sea Breeze, 30% of adults sleep under 7 hours, and 83% had a checkup this year.
| Sea Breeze | North Carolina towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 17% | 17% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 34% | 36% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 83% | 80% | 79% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 33% | 33% |
| What stands out | Sea Breeze | NC |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 8.3% | 15.2% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 7% | 12.2% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 12% | 7.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Most of Sea Breeze’s workers head elsewhere: there are 0.1 jobs for each of them
Sea Breeze: 6.5% of residents live below the poverty line. Most working residents leave Sea Breeze for work: only 1% work in town. Also worth knowing: since 2013, Sea Breeze has added 66 jobs, to 135 in 2023. The median commute is under 12 miles.
| Sea Breeze | North Carolina towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 6.5% | 13% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.4% | 6.8% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Mild winters and hot summers in Sea Breeze
For Sea Breeze, the peak summer temperature is 89°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Sea Breeze keeps 6.5% of its land conserved
Parks and preserves in Sea Breeze: one, of 12 acres.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Snow's Cut Park | — | 12 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
More of Sea Breeze’s households are owner-occupiers than in the typical North Carolina or U.S. town
The median sale price was $595,000 in May 2026. A home in Sea Breeze typically sold within 26 days of listing. Sellers in Sea Breeze got 97.4% of the asking price, typically.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Sea Breeze
Colleges nearby
3 within 15 miles of the center of Sea Breeze
About 1 of every 100 Sea Breeze residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across North Carolina.
99% of working residents leave Sea Breeze for work
Where Sea Breeze’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Sea Breeze
CDP in North Carolina, United States
Sea Breeze is a census-designated place (CDP) in New Hanover County, North Carolina, United States. As of the 2020 census, Sea Breeze had a population of 2,245. It is part of the Wilmington Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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- Area
- 2.0 sq mi
- Elevation
- 10 ft
Sea Breeze’s neighbors
One town shares a border with Sea Breeze.
| Town | NC rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sea Breeze | — | — | C− | — | B | A− |
| Myrtle Grove | #44 | B+ | C | — | B | A |
Sea Breeze has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Sea Breeze and Myrtle Grove report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Sea Breeze with a neighbor →
Questions about Sea Breeze
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Sea Breeze, NC expensive?
Yes. The typical home is worth about $405,000, 22% above the North Carolina typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C−.