Havelock vs River Bend

A side-by-side comparison of Havelock and River Bend: population, income, housing, and more.

Havelock and River Bend 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 2,896 in River Bend). River Bend has the higher median household income ($68,314 vs $64,433 in Havelock). River Bend has the higher median home value ($233,700 vs $186,800 in Havelock).

Population, income & housing

	Havelock	River Bend
Population	16,471	2,896
Median age	24.5 yrs	52.5 yrs
Median household income	$64,433	$68,314
Median home value	$186,800	$233,700
Median gross rent	$1,269	$1,296
Housing units	5,840	1,627
Homeownership rate	45.0%	88.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.9%	33.4%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Havelock	River Bend
Population	20,086 → 16,471 (-18.0%)	3,051 → 2,896 (-5.1%)
Median household income	$52,439 → $64,433 (+22.9%)	$65,083 → $68,314 (+5.0%)
Median home value	$138,500 → $186,800 (+34.9%)	$169,200 → $233,700 (+38.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,006 → $1,269 (+26.1%)	$905 → $1,296 (+43.2%)

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

River Bend

Population

3,0512,896

Median household income

$65,083$68,314

Median home value

$169,200$233,700

Median gross rent

$905$1,296

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Havelock	River Bend
Under 5	8.8%	2.5%
5 to 17	14.7%	6.5%
18 to 24	28.0%	9.9%
25 to 34	16.3%	8.4%
35 to 44	11.1%	10.5%
45 to 54	6.4%	15.8%
55 to 64	8.6%	13.2%
65 to 74	4.6%	20.7%
75 and over	1.6%	12.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Havelock	River Bend
White (non-Hispanic)	55.6%	80.4%
Black or African American	18.1%	12.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.4%
Asian	3.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.1%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.5%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	15.1%	3.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Havelock	River Bend
No high school diploma	5.5%	8.2%
High school graduate	31.9%	17.2%
Some college or associate's	45.6%	41.2%
Bachelor's degree	11.5%	20.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.4%	13.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Havelock	River Bend
Drove alone	71.7%	85.8%
Carpooled	17.7%	5.7%
Public transit	0.0%	4.5%
Walked	4.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.6%	2.4%
Other means	1.0%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Havelock	River Bend
1-unit, detached	59.8%	73.3%
1-unit, attached	20.7%	19.5%
2 to 4 units	8.0%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	5.2%	5.2%
20 or more units	0.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.8%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Havelock	River Bend
Poverty rate	13.4%	8.9%
Average household size	2.62	2.05
Mean commute (minutes)	17	16
Median year structure built	1986	1986