Burgaw vs St. Helena

A side-by-side comparison of Burgaw and St. Helena: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Burgaw has the higher population (3,249 vs 580 in St. Helena). St. Helena has the higher median household income ($77,000 vs $65,514 in Burgaw). St. Helena has the higher median home value ($209,200 vs $207,400 in Burgaw).

Population, income & housing

	Burgaw	St. Helena
Population	3,249	580
Median age	45.1 yrs	47.6 yrs
Median household income	$65,514	$77,000
Median home value	$207,400	$209,200
Median gross rent	$1,020	$1,661
Housing units	1,317	223
Homeownership rate	66.9%	84.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.8%	26.8%
Unemployment rate	11.5%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Burgaw	St. Helena
Population	4,080 → 3,249 (-20.4%)	399 → 580 (+45.4%)
Median household income	$37,616 → $65,514 (+74.2%)	$63,281 → $77,000 (+21.7%)
Median home value	$163,000 → $207,400 (+27.2%)	$178,400 → $209,200 (+17.3%)
Median gross rent	$779 → $1,020 (+30.9%)	$725 → $1,661 (+129.1%)

Burgaw

Population

4,0803,249

Median household income

$37,616$65,514

Median home value

$163,000$207,400

Median gross rent

$779$1,020

St. Helena

Population

399580

Median household income

$63,281$77,000

Median home value

$178,400$209,200

Median gross rent

$725$1,661

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Burgaw	St. Helena
Under 5	5.5%	5.7%
5 to 17	13.5%	12.4%
18 to 24	7.8%	13.1%
25 to 34	10.4%	9.7%
35 to 44	12.6%	3.4%
45 to 54	11.4%	19.5%
55 to 64	18.8%	17.1%
65 to 74	13.0%	13.8%
75 and over	7.0%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Burgaw	St. Helena
White (non-Hispanic)	54.2%	61.2%
Black or African American	29.6%	15.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.7%
Asian	0.0%	2.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	1.2%
Two or more races	5.4%	7.9%
Hispanic or Latino	9.8%	11.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Burgaw	St. Helena
No high school diploma	19.3%	12.0%
High school graduate	28.6%	29.3%
Some college or associate's	32.3%	31.8%
Bachelor's degree	12.0%	21.1%
Graduate or professional degree	7.8%	5.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Burgaw	St. Helena
Drove alone	82.0%	78.9%
Carpooled	7.5%	15.0%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.8%
Worked from home	9.5%	5.3%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Burgaw	St. Helena
1-unit, detached	71.1%	83.0%
1-unit, attached	3.0%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	4.6%	2.2%
5 to 19 units	7.4%	0.4%
20 or more units	1.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	12.2%	13.5%

Poverty & households

	Burgaw	St. Helena
Poverty rate	22.3%	23.9%
Average household size	2.29	2.84
Mean commute (minutes)	28	25
Median year structure built	1988	1984