Navassa vs Varnamtown

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

Navassa and Varnamtown 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 792 in Varnamtown). Varnamtown has the higher median household income ($68,750 vs $57,571 in Navassa). Varnamtown has the higher median home value ($277,900 vs $196,300 in Navassa).

Population, income & housing

	Navassa	Varnamtown
Population	2,148	792
Median age	32.2 yrs	50.3 yrs
Median household income	$57,571	$68,750
Median home value	$196,300	$277,900
Median gross rent	$1,305	$1,068
Housing units	820	375
Homeownership rate	75.2%	93.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.8%	13.0%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	0.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Navassa	Varnamtown
Population	1,758 → 2,148 (+22.2%)	465 → 792 (+70.3%)
Median household income	$33,571 → $57,571 (+71.5%)	$47,292 → $68,750 (+45.4%)
Median home value	$116,300 → $196,300 (+68.8%)	$167,600 → $277,900 (+65.8%)
Median gross rent	$902 → $1,305 (+44.7%)	$836 → $1,068 (+27.8%)

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

Varnamtown

Population

465792

Median household income

$47,292$68,750

Median home value

$167,600$277,900

Median gross rent

$836$1,068

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Navassa	Varnamtown
Under 5	7.3%	0.3%
5 to 17	14.0%	12.4%
18 to 24	16.7%	9.8%
25 to 34	16.2%	8.5%
35 to 44	15.0%	3.2%
45 to 54	9.9%	27.9%
55 to 64	7.1%	14.6%
65 to 74	10.4%	16.2%
75 and over	3.4%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Navassa	Varnamtown
White (non-Hispanic)	26.5%	93.4%
Black or African American	36.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.4%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	27.2%	6.2%
Hispanic or Latino	9.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Navassa	Varnamtown
No high school diploma	8.0%	7.7%
High school graduate	39.8%	47.4%
Some college or associate's	33.5%	31.9%
Bachelor's degree	8.9%	8.1%
Graduate or professional degree	9.9%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Navassa	Varnamtown
Drove alone	78.3%	68.1%
Carpooled	11.6%	5.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.4%	3.2%
Other means	2.1%	23.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Navassa	Varnamtown
1-unit, detached	67.0%	85.6%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	1.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	29.8%	12.8%

Poverty & households

	Navassa	Varnamtown
Poverty rate	10.3%	18.9%
Average household size	3.17	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	28	32
Median year structure built	2002	1989