Garysburg vs Severn

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

Garysburg and Severn 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 195 in Severn). Severn has the higher median household income ($52,188 vs $37,500 in Garysburg). Severn has the higher median home value ($122,900 vs $106,600 in Garysburg).

Population, income & housing

	Garysburg	Severn
Population	636	195
Median age	54.7 yrs	43.5 yrs
Median household income	$37,500	$52,188
Median home value	$106,600	$122,900
Median gross rent	$883	$783
Housing units	512	90
Homeownership rate	64.7%	86.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.3%	8.1%
Unemployment rate	8.6%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Garysburg	Severn
Population	880 → 636 (-27.7%)	212 → 195 (-8.0%)
Median household income	$28,421 → $37,500 (+31.9%)	$33,125 → $52,188 (+57.5%)
Median home value	$74,000 → $106,600 (+44.1%)	$98,900 → $122,900 (+24.3%)
Median gross rent	$844 → $883 (+4.6%)	$861 → $783 (-9.1%)

Garysburg

Population

880636

Median household income

$28,421$37,500

Median home value

$74,000$106,600

Median gross rent

$844$883

Severn

Population

212195

Median household income

$33,125$52,188

Median home value

$98,900$122,900

Median gross rent

$861$783

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Garysburg	Severn
Under 5	1.3%	9.7%
5 to 17	12.9%	13.8%
18 to 24	8.6%	0.0%
25 to 34	4.9%	22.6%
35 to 44	4.1%	4.1%
45 to 54	21.7%	0.5%
55 to 64	14.3%	22.6%
65 to 74	25.2%	20.0%
75 and over	7.1%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Garysburg	Severn
White (non-Hispanic)	0.3%	69.7%
Black or African American	97.2%	17.4%
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%	12.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Garysburg	Severn
No high school diploma	20.8%	4.7%
High school graduate	25.3%	43.6%
Some college or associate's	25.7%	43.6%
Bachelor's degree	9.6%	6.0%
Graduate or professional degree	18.7%	2.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Garysburg	Severn
Drove alone	90.6%	78.2%
Carpooled	3.1%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	12.7%
Other means	3.1%	9.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Garysburg	Severn
1-unit, detached	72.3%	85.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	27.7%	10.0%

Poverty & households

	Garysburg	Severn
Poverty rate	16.7%	0.0%
Average household size	1.80	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	19	37
Median year structure built	1970	1953