Belhaven vs Washington Park

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

Belhaven and Washington Park 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 470 in Washington Park). Washington Park has the higher median household income ($86,875 vs $33,958 in Belhaven). Washington Park has the higher median home value ($300,900 vs $98,200 in Belhaven).

Population, income & housing

	Belhaven	Washington Park
Population	1,421	470
Median age	47.0 yrs	54.5 yrs
Median household income	$33,958	$86,875
Median home value	$98,200	$300,900
Median gross rent	$859	$1,000
Housing units	827	254
Homeownership rate	59.9%	92.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.1%	59.3%
Unemployment rate	17.2%	9.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belhaven	Washington Park
Population	1,657 → 1,421 (-14.2%)	609 → 470 (-22.8%)
Median household income	$31,667 → $33,958 (+7.2%)	$76,250 → $86,875 (+13.9%)
Median home value	$78,300 → $98,200 (+25.4%)	$249,300 → $300,900 (+20.7%)
Median gross rent	$712 → $859 (+20.6%)	$1,025 → $1,000 (-2.4%)

Belhaven

Population

1,6571,421

Median household income

$31,667$33,958

Median home value

$78,300$98,200

Median gross rent

$712$859

Washington Park

Population

609470

Median household income

$76,250$86,875

Median home value

$249,300$300,900

Median gross rent

$1,025$1,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Belhaven	Washington Park
Under 5	4.3%	6.6%
5 to 17	21.3%	8.5%
18 to 24	4.8%	1.7%
25 to 34	9.2%	6.2%
35 to 44	9.6%	9.1%
45 to 54	13.3%	17.9%
55 to 64	11.5%	15.3%
65 to 74	15.6%	13.4%
75 and over	10.4%	21.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belhaven	Washington Park
White (non-Hispanic)	39.1%	96.0%
Black or African American	48.6%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.3%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	12.0%	0.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belhaven	Washington Park
No high school diploma	20.0%	0.8%
High school graduate	40.3%	15.1%
Some college or associate's	27.5%	24.8%
Bachelor's degree	7.1%	35.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	23.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belhaven	Washington Park
Drove alone	82.7%	83.5%
Carpooled	6.2%	4.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.1%	12.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belhaven	Washington Park
1-unit, detached	62.6%	97.2%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	6.3%	1.2%
5 to 19 units	5.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	24.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Belhaven	Washington Park
Poverty rate	45.5%	10.2%
Average household size	2.53	2.02
Mean commute (minutes)	18	24
Median year structure built	1965	1957