Belhaven vs River Road

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

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

River Road has the higher population (3,518 vs 1,421 in Belhaven). River Road has the higher median household income ($47,978 vs $33,958 in Belhaven). River Road has the higher median home value ($187,700 vs $98,200 in Belhaven).

Population, income & housing

	Belhaven	River Road
Population	1,421	3,518
Median age	47.0 yrs	44.1 yrs
Median household income	$33,958	$47,978
Median home value	$98,200	$187,700
Median gross rent	$859	$787
Housing units	827	2,016
Homeownership rate	59.9%	68.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.1%	28.5%
Unemployment rate	17.2%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belhaven	River Road
Population	1,657 → 1,421 (-14.2%)	3,826 → 3,518 (-8.1%)
Median household income	$31,667 → $33,958 (+7.2%)	$42,396 → $47,978 (+13.2%)
Median home value	$78,300 → $98,200 (+25.4%)	$148,700 → $187,700 (+26.2%)
Median gross rent	$712 → $859 (+20.6%)	$767 → $787 (+2.6%)

Belhaven

Population

1,6571,421

Median household income

$31,667$33,958

Median home value

$78,300$98,200

Median gross rent

$712$859

River Road

Population

3,8263,518

Median household income

$42,396$47,978

Median home value

$148,700$187,700

Median gross rent

$767$787

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Belhaven	River Road
Under 5	4.3%	6.1%
5 to 17	21.3%	11.3%
18 to 24	4.8%	7.7%
25 to 34	9.2%	12.3%
35 to 44	9.6%	13.5%
45 to 54	13.3%	13.3%
55 to 64	11.5%	12.5%
65 to 74	15.6%	12.6%
75 and over	10.4%	10.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belhaven	River Road
White (non-Hispanic)	39.1%	59.4%
Black or African American	48.6%	18.2%
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%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	12.0%	20.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belhaven	River Road
No high school diploma	20.0%	23.2%
High school graduate	40.3%	20.2%
Some college or associate's	27.5%	28.1%
Bachelor's degree	7.1%	16.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	11.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belhaven	River Road
Drove alone	82.7%	86.8%
Carpooled	6.2%	0.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.0%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.1%	7.9%
Other means	0.0%	3.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belhaven	River Road
1-unit, detached	62.6%	59.4%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	6.3%	3.9%
5 to 19 units	5.1%	2.4%
20 or more units	0.6%	1.3%
Mobile home & other	24.7%	32.2%

Poverty & households

	Belhaven	River Road
Poverty rate	45.5%	21.0%
Average household size	2.53	2.15
Mean commute (minutes)	18	19
Median year structure built	1965	1979