Neuse Forest vs Vanceboro

A side-by-side comparison of Neuse Forest and Vanceboro: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Neuse Forest has the higher population (2,406 vs 939 in Vanceboro). Neuse Forest has the higher median household income ($88,333 vs $39,125 in Vanceboro). Neuse Forest has the higher median home value ($194,200 vs $137,500 in Vanceboro).

Population, income & housing

	Neuse Forest	Vanceboro
Population	2,406	939
Median age	36.8 yrs	42.7 yrs
Median household income	$88,333	$39,125
Median home value	$194,200	$137,500
Median gross rent	$986	$673
Housing units	824	478
Homeownership rate	77.2%	46.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.6%	9.1%
Unemployment rate	9.2%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Neuse Forest	Vanceboro
Population	1,536 → 2,406 (+56.6%)	1,065 → 939 (-11.8%)
Median household income	$75,114 → $88,333 (+17.6%)	$28,750 → $39,125 (+36.1%)
Median home value	$218,900 → $194,200 (-11.3%)	$98,800 → $137,500 (+39.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,136 → $986 (-13.2%)	$436 → $673 (+54.4%)

Neuse Forest

Population

1,5362,406

Median household income

$75,114$88,333

Median home value

$218,900$194,200

Median gross rent

$1,136$986

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)

	Neuse Forest	Vanceboro
Under 5	3.7%	1.9%
5 to 17	25.7%	21.7%
18 to 24	7.7%	4.6%
25 to 34	10.5%	15.7%
35 to 44	13.8%	9.1%
45 to 54	8.4%	6.5%
55 to 64	10.1%	20.3%
65 to 74	14.0%	7.6%
75 and over	6.1%	12.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Neuse Forest	Vanceboro
White (non-Hispanic)	96.0%	49.3%
Black or African American	0.8%	45.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	1.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.9%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	3.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Neuse Forest	Vanceboro
No high school diploma	4.0%	12.5%
High school graduate	26.9%	35.0%
Some college or associate's	34.4%	43.5%
Bachelor's degree	24.7%	7.6%
Graduate or professional degree	10.0%	1.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Neuse Forest	Vanceboro
Drove alone	87.4%	91.6%
Carpooled	0.0%	7.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.3%	0.8%
Other means	7.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Neuse Forest	Vanceboro
1-unit, detached	98.1%	63.6%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	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	0.0%	9.6%

Poverty & households

	Neuse Forest	Vanceboro
Poverty rate	10.1%	30.9%
Average household size	2.92	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	23	30
Median year structure built	1991	1983