Garysburg vs Seaboard

A side-by-side comparison of Garysburg and Seaboard: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Garysburg has the higher population (636 vs 624 in Seaboard). Garysburg has the higher median household income ($37,500 vs $19,746 in Seaboard). Garysburg has the higher median home value ($106,600 vs $80,200 in Seaboard).

Population, income & housing

	Garysburg	Seaboard
Population	636	624
Median age	54.7 yrs	53.0 yrs
Median household income	$37,500	$19,746
Median home value	$106,600	$80,200
Median gross rent	$883	$336
Housing units	512	407
Homeownership rate	64.7%	51.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.3%	5.9%
Unemployment rate	8.6%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Garysburg	Seaboard
Population	880 → 636 (-27.7%)	723 → 624 (-13.7%)
Median household income	$28,421 → $37,500 (+31.9%)	$31,932 → $19,746 (-38.2%)
Median home value	$74,000 → $106,600 (+44.1%)	$64,800 → $80,200 (+23.8%)
Median gross rent	$844 → $883 (+4.6%)	$780 → $336 (-56.9%)

Garysburg

Population

880636

Median household income

$28,421$37,500

Median home value

$74,000$106,600

Median gross rent

$844$883

Seaboard

Population

723624

Median household income

$31,932$19,746

Median home value

$64,800$80,200

Median gross rent

$780$336

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Garysburg	Seaboard
Under 5	1.3%	7.9%
5 to 17	12.9%	13.9%
18 to 24	8.6%	7.2%
25 to 34	4.9%	8.8%
35 to 44	4.1%	8.0%
45 to 54	21.7%	6.6%
55 to 64	14.3%	10.4%
65 to 74	25.2%	20.7%
75 and over	7.1%	16.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Garysburg	Seaboard
White (non-Hispanic)	0.3%	11.7%
Black or African American	97.2%	84.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.7%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Garysburg	Seaboard
No high school diploma	20.8%	24.4%
High school graduate	25.3%	39.7%
Some college or associate's	25.7%	30.0%
Bachelor's degree	9.6%	4.1%
Graduate or professional degree	18.7%	1.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Garysburg	Seaboard
Drove alone	90.6%	89.9%
Carpooled	3.1%	4.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	3.1%
Other means	3.1%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Garysburg	Seaboard
1-unit, detached	72.3%	72.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	17.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.5%
Mobile home & other	27.7%	5.4%

Poverty & households

	Garysburg	Seaboard
Poverty rate	16.7%	32.1%
Average household size	1.80	2.08
Mean commute (minutes)	19	30
Median year structure built	1970	1968