Havelock vs New Bern

A side-by-side comparison of Havelock and New Bern: population, income, housing, and more.

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

New Bern has the higher population (31,563 vs 16,471 in Havelock). Havelock has the higher median household income ($64,433 vs $56,893 in New Bern). New Bern has the higher median home value ($211,500 vs $186,800 in Havelock).

Population, income & housing

	Havelock	New Bern
Population	16,471	31,563
Median age	24.5 yrs	40.4 yrs
Median household income	$64,433	$56,893
Median home value	$186,800	$211,500
Median gross rent	$1,269	$1,068
Housing units	5,840	16,314
Homeownership rate	45.0%	60.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.9%	29.6%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Havelock	New Bern
Population	20,086 → 16,471 (-18.0%)	29,895 → 31,563 (+5.6%)
Median household income	$52,439 → $64,433 (+22.9%)	$43,204 → $56,893 (+31.7%)
Median home value	$138,500 → $186,800 (+34.9%)	$155,900 → $211,500 (+35.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,006 → $1,269 (+26.1%)	$859 → $1,068 (+24.3%)

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

New Bern

Population

29,89531,563

Median household income

$43,204$56,893

Median home value

$155,900$211,500

Median gross rent

$859$1,068

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Havelock	New Bern
Under 5	8.8%	6.8%
5 to 17	14.7%	16.2%
18 to 24	28.0%	6.5%
25 to 34	16.3%	14.8%
35 to 44	11.1%	10.8%
45 to 54	6.4%	11.4%
55 to 64	8.6%	9.4%
65 to 74	4.6%	13.8%
75 and over	1.6%	10.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Havelock	New Bern
White (non-Hispanic)	55.6%	53.6%
Black or African American	18.1%	28.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.3%
Asian	3.8%	5.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	1.7%
Two or more races	6.5%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	15.1%	6.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Havelock	New Bern
No high school diploma	5.5%	8.4%
High school graduate	31.9%	22.2%
Some college or associate's	45.6%	39.8%
Bachelor's degree	11.5%	15.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.4%	14.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Havelock	New Bern
Drove alone	71.7%	81.6%
Carpooled	17.7%	7.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.6%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.2%
Worked from home	4.6%	6.0%
Other means	1.0%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Havelock	New Bern
1-unit, detached	59.8%	65.2%
1-unit, attached	20.7%	5.1%
2 to 4 units	8.0%	6.0%
5 to 19 units	5.2%	8.9%
20 or more units	0.6%	9.0%
Mobile home & other	5.8%	5.8%

Poverty & households

	Havelock	New Bern
Poverty rate	13.4%	16.3%
Average household size	2.62	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	17	18
Median year structure built	1986	1990