Milwaukee vs Severn

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

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

Severn has the higher population (195 vs 147 in Milwaukee). Severn has the higher median household income ($52,188 vs $47,596 in Milwaukee). Severn has the higher median home value ($122,900 vs $108,700 in Milwaukee).

Population, income & housing

	Milwaukee	Severn
Population	147	195
Median age	31.6 yrs	43.5 yrs
Median household income	$47,596	$52,188
Median home value	$108,700	$122,900
Median gross rent	—	$783
Housing units	142	90
Homeownership rate	100.0%	86.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	8.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Milwaukee	Severn
Population	168 → 147 (-12.5%)	212 → 195 (-8.0%)
Median household income	$50,063 → $47,596 (-4.9%)	$33,125 → $52,188 (+57.5%)
Median home value	$108,300 → $108,700 (+0.4%)	$98,900 → $122,900 (+24.3%)
Median gross rent	—	$861 → $783 (-9.1%)

Milwaukee

Population

168147

Median household income

$50,063$47,596

Median home value

$108,300$108,700

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)

	Milwaukee	Severn
Under 5	24.5%	9.7%
5 to 17	15.0%	13.8%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	18.4%	22.6%
35 to 44	0.0%	4.1%
45 to 54	7.5%	0.5%
55 to 64	21.8%	22.6%
65 to 74	0.0%	20.0%
75 and over	12.9%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Milwaukee	Severn
White (non-Hispanic)	74.1%	69.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	17.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	15.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	10.9%	12.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Milwaukee	Severn
No high school diploma	18.0%	4.7%
High school graduate	32.6%	43.6%
Some college or associate's	49.4%	43.6%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	6.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	2.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Milwaukee	Severn
Drove alone	100.0%	78.2%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	12.7%
Other means	0.0%	9.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Milwaukee	Severn
1-unit, detached	91.5%	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	8.5%	10.0%

Poverty & households

	Milwaukee	Severn
Poverty rate	0.0%	0.0%
Average household size	3.13	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	—	37
Median year structure built	1938	1953