Belville vs Southport

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

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

Southport has the higher population (4,143 vs 3,183 in Belville). Belville has the higher median household income ($86,875 vs $82,792 in Southport). Southport has the higher median home value ($394,900 vs $257,100 in Belville).

Population, income & housing

	Belville	Southport
Population	3,183	4,143
Median age	35.1 yrs	63.0 yrs
Median household income	$86,875	$82,792
Median home value	$257,100	$394,900
Median gross rent	$1,738	$1,468
Housing units	1,248	2,440
Homeownership rate	61.7%	78.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.4%	34.7%
Unemployment rate	7.8%	0.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belville	Southport
Population	2,504 → 3,183 (+27.1%)	3,739 → 4,143 (+10.8%)
Median household income	$57,167 → $86,875 (+52.0%)	$52,917 → $82,792 (+56.5%)
Median home value	$177,600 → $257,100 (+44.8%)	$252,600 → $394,900 (+56.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,351 → $1,738 (+28.6%)	$980 → $1,468 (+49.8%)

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

Southport

Population

3,7394,143

Median household income

$52,917$82,792

Median home value

$252,600$394,900

Median gross rent

$980$1,468

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Belville	Southport
Under 5	6.3%	3.8%
5 to 17	16.8%	8.1%
18 to 24	11.4%	3.5%
25 to 34	15.2%	5.9%
35 to 44	14.7%	7.4%
45 to 54	12.0%	7.8%
55 to 64	7.6%	20.5%
65 to 74	11.8%	30.8%
75 and over	4.1%	12.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belville	Southport
White (non-Hispanic)	67.5%	87.2%
Black or African American	17.0%	7.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.7%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	7.4%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belville	Southport
No high school diploma	10.0%	5.1%
High school graduate	18.7%	20.1%
Some college or associate's	37.9%	40.1%
Bachelor's degree	27.3%	25.4%
Graduate or professional degree	6.1%	9.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belville	Southport
Drove alone	87.2%	68.1%
Carpooled	5.8%	3.8%
Public transit	0.0%	2.0%
Walked	0.3%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.1%	19.6%
Other means	0.5%	3.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belville	Southport
1-unit, detached	73.5%	82.5%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	3.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	7.6%
5 to 19 units	7.2%	4.1%
20 or more units	17.2%	2.7%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Belville	Southport
Poverty rate	7.7%	5.3%
Average household size	2.68	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	27	22
Median year structure built	2004	2002