Belhaven vs Pantego

A side-by-side comparison of Belhaven and Pantego: population, income, housing, and more.

Belhaven and Pantego are places in North Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Belhaven has the higher population (1,421 vs 445 in Pantego). Pantego has the higher median household income ($67,500 vs $33,958 in Belhaven). Pantego has the higher median home value ($107,500 vs $98,200 in Belhaven).

Population, income & housing

	Belhaven	Pantego
Population	1,421	445
Median age	47.0 yrs	9.4 yrs
Median household income	$33,958	$67,500
Median home value	$98,200	$107,500
Median gross rent	$859	$835
Housing units	827	108
Homeownership rate	59.9%	75.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.1%	15.5%
Unemployment rate	17.2%	7.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belhaven	Pantego
Population	1,657 → 1,421 (-14.2%)	201 → 445 (+121.4%)
Median household income	$31,667 → $33,958 (+7.2%)	$88,125 → $67,500 (-23.4%)
Median home value	$78,300 → $98,200 (+25.4%)	$129,200 → $107,500 (-16.8%)
Median gross rent	$712 → $859 (+20.6%)	$663 → $835 (+25.9%)

Belhaven

Population

1,6571,421

Median household income

$31,667$33,958

Median home value

$78,300$98,200

Median gross rent

$712$859

Pantego

Population

201445

Median household income

$88,125$67,500

Median home value

$129,200$107,500

Median gross rent

$663$835

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Belhaven	Pantego
Under 5	4.3%	21.6%
5 to 17	21.3%	44.9%
18 to 24	4.8%	1.6%
25 to 34	9.2%	3.6%
35 to 44	9.6%	11.2%
45 to 54	13.3%	3.1%
55 to 64	11.5%	7.6%
65 to 74	15.6%	2.2%
75 and over	10.4%	4.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belhaven	Pantego
White (non-Hispanic)	39.1%	34.4%
Black or African American	48.6%	5.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	12.0%	60.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belhaven	Pantego
No high school diploma	20.0%	9.2%
High school graduate	40.3%	46.5%
Some college or associate's	27.5%	28.9%
Bachelor's degree	7.1%	14.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	1.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belhaven	Pantego
Drove alone	82.7%	93.5%
Carpooled	6.2%	6.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.1%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belhaven	Pantego
1-unit, detached	62.6%	88.9%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	5.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	24.7%	11.1%

Poverty & households

	Belhaven	Pantego
Poverty rate	45.5%	8.1%
Average household size	2.53	4.73
Mean commute (minutes)	18	24
Median year structure built	1965	1960