Belville vs Calabash

A side-by-side comparison of Belville and Calabash: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Belville has the higher population (3,183 vs 2,397 in Calabash). Belville has the higher median household income ($86,875 vs $60,048 in Calabash). Belville has the higher median home value ($257,100 vs $202,000 in Calabash).

Population, income & housing

	Belville	Calabash
Population	3,183	2,397
Median age	35.1 yrs	54.0 yrs
Median household income	$86,875	$60,048
Median home value	$257,100	$202,000
Median gross rent	$1,738	$1,348
Housing units	1,248	1,617
Homeownership rate	61.7%	67.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.4%	22.2%
Unemployment rate	7.8%	7.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belville	Calabash
Population	2,504 → 3,183 (+27.1%)	1,710 → 2,397 (+40.2%)
Median household income	$57,167 → $86,875 (+52.0%)	$32,167 → $60,048 (+86.7%)
Median home value	$177,600 → $257,100 (+44.8%)	$139,300 → $202,000 (+45.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,351 → $1,738 (+28.6%)	$979 → $1,348 (+37.7%)

Belville

Population

2,5043,183

Median household income

$57,167$86,875

Median home value

$177,600$257,100

Median gross rent

$1,351$1,738

Calabash

Population

1,7102,397

Median household income

$32,167$60,048

Median home value

$139,300$202,000

Median gross rent

$979$1,348

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Belville	Calabash
Under 5	6.3%	3.5%
5 to 17	16.8%	9.4%
18 to 24	11.4%	13.4%
25 to 34	15.2%	5.2%
35 to 44	14.7%	6.3%
45 to 54	12.0%	17.5%
55 to 64	7.6%	18.3%
65 to 74	11.8%	17.7%
75 and over	4.1%	8.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belville	Calabash
White (non-Hispanic)	67.5%	73.2%
Black or African American	17.0%	5.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.5%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.7%	11.8%
Hispanic or Latino	7.4%	7.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belville	Calabash
No high school diploma	10.0%	14.7%
High school graduate	18.7%	32.4%
Some college or associate's	37.9%	30.8%
Bachelor's degree	27.3%	11.7%
Graduate or professional degree	6.1%	10.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belville	Calabash
Drove alone	87.2%	70.7%
Carpooled	5.8%	10.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	6.1%	18.6%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belville	Calabash
1-unit, detached	73.5%	51.3%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	0.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.5%
5 to 19 units	7.2%	15.6%
20 or more units	17.2%	5.1%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	27.2%

Poverty & households

	Belville	Calabash
Poverty rate	7.7%	20.7%
Average household size	2.68	2.13
Mean commute (minutes)	27	18
Median year structure built	2004	1993