Havelock vs James City

A side-by-side comparison of Havelock and James City: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Havelock has the higher population (16,471 vs 4,859 in James City). Havelock has the higher median household income ($64,433 vs $63,835 in James City). Havelock has the higher median home value ($186,800 vs $175,700 in James City).

Population, income & housing

	Havelock	James City
Population	16,471	4,859
Median age	24.5 yrs	51.3 yrs
Median household income	$64,433	$63,835
Median home value	$186,800	$175,700
Median gross rent	$1,269	$1,028
Housing units	5,840	2,295
Homeownership rate	45.0%	82.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.9%	24.2%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	1.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Havelock	James City
Population	20,086 → 16,471 (-18.0%)	5,354 → 4,859 (-9.2%)
Median household income	$52,439 → $64,433 (+22.9%)	$53,514 → $63,835 (+19.3%)
Median home value	$138,500 → $186,800 (+34.9%)	$153,400 → $175,700 (+14.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,006 → $1,269 (+26.1%)	$886 → $1,028 (+16.0%)

Havelock

Population

20,08616,471

Median household income

$52,439$64,433

Median home value

$138,500$186,800

Median gross rent

$1,006$1,269

James City

Population

5,3544,859

Median household income

$53,514$63,835

Median home value

$153,400$175,700

Median gross rent

$886$1,028

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Havelock	James City
Under 5	8.8%	1.7%
5 to 17	14.7%	12.3%
18 to 24	28.0%	8.1%
25 to 34	16.3%	8.6%
35 to 44	11.1%	11.1%
45 to 54	6.4%	12.2%
55 to 64	8.6%	21.6%
65 to 74	4.6%	14.4%
75 and over	1.6%	9.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Havelock	James City
White (non-Hispanic)	55.6%	74.0%
Black or African American	18.1%	15.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	3.8%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.1%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.5%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	15.1%	4.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Havelock	James City
No high school diploma	5.5%	7.6%
High school graduate	31.9%	27.7%
Some college or associate's	45.6%	40.5%
Bachelor's degree	11.5%	15.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.4%	9.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Havelock	James City
Drove alone	71.7%	84.1%
Carpooled	17.7%	6.5%
Public transit	0.0%	1.6%
Walked	4.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.6%	7.8%
Other means	1.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Havelock	James City
1-unit, detached	59.8%	77.8%
1-unit, attached	20.7%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	8.0%	0.7%
5 to 19 units	5.2%	2.2%
20 or more units	0.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.8%	16.7%

Poverty & households

	Havelock	James City
Poverty rate	13.4%	10.2%
Average household size	2.62	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	17	19
Median year structure built	1986	1989