THE OCEAN ISLE BEACH LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Carolinian Barrier Islands and Coastal Marshes setting.
Ocean Isle Beach town has 3.39 square miles of land in Brunswick County. Its Census reference point is in Carolinian Barrier Islands and Coastal Marshes, within Middle Atlantic Coastal Plain.
Low coastal plains contain terraces, estuaries, marshes and barrier islands. Unconsolidated sediments underlie this varied coastal setting, with forest patterns changing near streams and low-lying areas.
Regional context: Middle Atlantic Coastal Plain ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Ocean Isle Beach and Brunswick County
Ocean Isle Beach is associated with Brunswick County in the Census boundary data. Start with the parcel’s tax bill to match the property to that jurisdiction, then confirm which government handles its land use.
Ocean Isle Beach by land and water
The Census records 0.61 square miles of water within Ocean Isle Beach, or 15.2% of its total area. It is 3.9 percentage points lower than the 19.1% recorded for Brunswick County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Ocean Isle Beach town has 52.6% of the land area of nearby Sunset Beach town (6.45 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.