Fire Department Response Area and Population

Town of Sunset Beach full-time population per Town data: 4300 Staffing levels

The following data has been obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau:

Town of Sunset Beach occupied housing units: 1,851
Town of Sunset Beach unoccupied housing units: 3,306
Town of Sunset Beach average household size of occupied units: 1.98
Town of Sunset Beach average household size of renter-occupied units: 2.35
Conservative estimate of Town population during full occupancy: 11,663

The following data has been obtained from Brunswick County:

Sunset Beach Fire Department response district: 16.52 square miles
Town of Sunset Beach: 5.05 square miles
Number of property units inside the Town of Sunset Beach: 5112
Number of property units inside the rural district: 1930

Brunswick County has not provided a rural district population, which by all indications would be difficult to determine using U.S. Census Bureau data. The Sunset Beach Fire Department fire district covers parts of four (4) census tracts. Based on Brunswick County’s number of property units inside the rural district (1930) and the U.S. Census Bureau’s average persons per household figure for North Carolina (2.53); the most factual population estimate for the Sunset Beach Fire Department rural district area is: 4,883.