ZIP Code 28449
About Kure Beach
Kure Beach is a town in New Hanover County, North Carolina, United States, approximately 15 miles south of Wilmington. It is part of the Wilmington Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 2,191 at the 2020 census. It is found on Pleasure Island directly south of the Wilmington Beach annex of Carolina Beach and just north of Fort Fisher. The town is less than 1 square mile (2.6 km2) in area, stretching along about 3.5 miles (5.6 km) of coastline along Pleasure Island, and a maximum width of less than 0.5 miles (0.80 km), in most places only a few hundred yard/meters wide.
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Area Profile
US Census (ACS 5-year · Gazetteer)
2,017
population
$106,518
median household income
509
people / sq mi
$643,400
median home value
$1,356
median gross rent
57.2
median age
1,958
housing units
886
households
4.0
land area (sq mi)
Key places in 28449
- Fort Fisher Historic Museum museum
Nearby notable places
- Bay Beach nature
Points of interest
- coffee
- fast_food