Cove City vs Vanceboro

A side-by-side comparison of Cove City and Vanceboro: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Vanceboro has the higher population (939 vs 583 in Cove City). Cove City has the higher median household income ($50,893 vs $39,125 in Vanceboro). Vanceboro has the higher median home value ($137,500 vs $78,800 in Cove City).

Population, income & housing

	Cove City	Vanceboro
Population	583	939
Median age	55.8 yrs	42.7 yrs
Median household income	$50,893	$39,125
Median home value	$78,800	$137,500
Median gross rent	$916	$673
Housing units	248	478
Homeownership rate	66.8%	46.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.1%	9.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cove City	Vanceboro
Population	449 → 583 (+29.8%)	1,065 → 939 (-11.8%)
Median household income	$50,000 → $50,893 (+1.8%)	$28,750 → $39,125 (+36.1%)
Median home value	$78,300 → $78,800 (+0.6%)	$98,800 → $137,500 (+39.2%)
Median gross rent	$797 → $916 (+14.9%)	$436 → $673 (+54.4%)

Cove City

Population

449583

Median household income

$50,000$50,893

Median home value

$78,300$78,800

Median gross rent

$797$916

Vanceboro

Population

1,065939

Median household income

$28,750$39,125

Median home value

$98,800$137,500

Median gross rent

$436$673

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cove City	Vanceboro
Under 5	3.8%	1.9%
5 to 17	16.3%	21.7%
18 to 24	1.2%	4.6%
25 to 34	5.3%	15.7%
35 to 44	12.3%	9.1%
45 to 54	7.4%	6.5%
55 to 64	24.2%	20.3%
65 to 74	11.8%	7.6%
75 and over	17.7%	12.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cove City	Vanceboro
White (non-Hispanic)	61.1%	49.3%
Black or African American	28.0%	45.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.3%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	7.7%	3.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cove City	Vanceboro
No high school diploma	12.0%	12.5%
High school graduate	38.6%	35.0%
Some college or associate's	23.3%	43.5%
Bachelor's degree	15.0%	7.6%
Graduate or professional degree	11.1%	1.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cove City	Vanceboro
Drove alone	76.4%	91.6%
Carpooled	17.0%	7.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.1%	0.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cove City	Vanceboro
1-unit, detached	64.9%	63.6%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	3.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	13.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.9%
Mobile home & other	33.1%	9.6%

Poverty & households

	Cove City	Vanceboro
Poverty rate	8.7%	30.9%
Average household size	2.48	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	22	30
Median year structure built	1987	1983