Seaboard vs Severn

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

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

Seaboard has the higher population (624 vs 195 in Severn). Severn has the higher median household income ($52,188 vs $19,746 in Seaboard). Severn has the higher median home value ($122,900 vs $80,200 in Seaboard).

Population, income & housing

	Seaboard	Severn
Population	624	195
Median age	53.0 yrs	43.5 yrs
Median household income	$19,746	$52,188
Median home value	$80,200	$122,900
Median gross rent	$336	$783
Housing units	407	90
Homeownership rate	51.3%	86.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.9%	8.1%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Seaboard	Severn
Population	723 → 624 (-13.7%)	212 → 195 (-8.0%)
Median household income	$31,932 → $19,746 (-38.2%)	$33,125 → $52,188 (+57.5%)
Median home value	$64,800 → $80,200 (+23.8%)	$98,900 → $122,900 (+24.3%)
Median gross rent	$780 → $336 (-56.9%)	$861 → $783 (-9.1%)

Seaboard

Population

723624

Median household income

$31,932$19,746

Median home value

$64,800$80,200

Median gross rent

$780$336

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)

	Seaboard	Severn
Under 5	7.9%	9.7%
5 to 17	13.9%	13.8%
18 to 24	7.2%	0.0%
25 to 34	8.8%	22.6%
35 to 44	8.0%	4.1%
45 to 54	6.6%	0.5%
55 to 64	10.4%	22.6%
65 to 74	20.7%	20.0%
75 and over	16.5%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Seaboard	Severn
White (non-Hispanic)	11.7%	69.7%
Black or African American	84.8%	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	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.5%	12.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Seaboard	Severn
No high school diploma	24.4%	4.7%
High school graduate	39.7%	43.6%
Some college or associate's	30.0%	43.6%
Bachelor's degree	4.1%	6.0%
Graduate or professional degree	1.8%	2.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Seaboard	Severn
Drove alone	89.9%	78.2%
Carpooled	4.8%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.1%	12.7%
Other means	2.2%	9.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Seaboard	Severn
1-unit, detached	72.5%	85.6%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	17.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.4%
20 or more units	2.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.4%	10.0%

Poverty & households

	Seaboard	Severn
Poverty rate	32.1%	0.0%
Average household size	2.08	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	30	37
Median year structure built	1968	1953