Holden Beach vs Navassa

A side-by-side comparison of Holden Beach and Navassa: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Navassa has the higher population (2,148 vs 1,047 in Holden Beach). Holden Beach has the higher median household income ($110,000 vs $57,571 in Navassa). Holden Beach has the higher median home value ($562,500 vs $196,300 in Navassa).

Population, income & housing

	Holden Beach	Navassa
Population	1,047	2,148
Median age	63.8 yrs	32.2 yrs
Median household income	$110,000	$57,571
Median home value	$562,500	$196,300
Median gross rent	$1,375	$1,305
Housing units	2,461	820
Homeownership rate	93.5%	75.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	71.2%	18.8%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Holden Beach	Navassa
Population	1,137 → 1,047 (-7.9%)	1,758 → 2,148 (+22.2%)
Median household income	$96,875 → $110,000 (+13.5%)	$33,571 → $57,571 (+71.5%)
Median home value	$417,300 → $562,500 (+34.8%)	$116,300 → $196,300 (+68.8%)
Median gross rent	$986 → $1,375 (+39.5%)	$902 → $1,305 (+44.7%)

Holden Beach

Population

1,1371,047

Median household income

$96,875$110,000

Median home value

$417,300$562,500

Median gross rent

$986$1,375

Navassa

Population

1,7582,148

Median household income

$33,571$57,571

Median home value

$116,300$196,300

Median gross rent

$902$1,305

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Holden Beach	Navassa
Under 5	0.2%	7.3%
5 to 17	3.1%	14.0%
18 to 24	4.3%	16.7%
25 to 34	1.2%	16.2%
35 to 44	3.4%	15.0%
45 to 54	14.9%	9.9%
55 to 64	29.3%	7.1%
65 to 74	28.8%	10.4%
75 and over	14.7%	3.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Holden Beach	Navassa
White (non-Hispanic)	96.8%	26.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	36.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.1%
Two or more races	0.6%	27.2%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	9.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Holden Beach	Navassa
No high school diploma	1.3%	8.0%
High school graduate	6.7%	39.8%
Some college or associate's	20.8%	33.5%
Bachelor's degree	46.5%	8.9%
Graduate or professional degree	24.7%	9.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Holden Beach	Navassa
Drove alone	77.3%	78.3%
Carpooled	3.5%	11.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.9%	6.4%
Other means	1.3%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Holden Beach	Navassa
1-unit, detached	89.5%	67.0%
1-unit, attached	3.3%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	5.6%	1.6%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	29.8%

Poverty & households

	Holden Beach	Navassa
Poverty rate	5.6%	10.3%
Average household size	2.01	3.17
Mean commute (minutes)	21	28
Median year structure built	1991	2002