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Comparing Mills River vs Harrisburg vs Carolina Beach

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Headline numbers

Mills River

NC

$2,825

YoY change
Vacancy
15.7%
2-BR rent
Cap rate
Renter share
14.4%

Harrisburg

NC

$2,460

YoY change
+8.1%
Vacancy
0.0%
2-BR rent
Cap rate
Renter share
8.5%

Carolina Beach

NC

$2,292

YoY change
Vacancy
47.6%
2-BR rent
Cap rate
Renter share
15.6%

All values from the NGP-Rental-Data warehouse. Updated March 2026. See methodology.

Rent index — overlaid, last 5 years

ZORI rent index — Mills River vs Harrisburg vs Carolina Beach

Monthly Zillow ZORI rent index. Data updates monthly. Source: methodology.

Demographics & income

Metric Mills RiverHarrisburgCarolina Beach
Median household income $105,398$148,254$94,398
Median age 46.440.153.2
Renter household share 14.4%8.5%15.6%
YoY rent change +8.1%
Cap rate (overall)
$/unit (MFR)

Demographics: Census ACS5 2019-2024. Rent & cap rate: NGP-Rental-Data warehouse (see methodology). Cells marked "—" mean the metric isn't available for that geography in any free public source we ingest.