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Population (year 2000): 1,968. Estimated population in July 2006: 1,998 (+1.5% change)
 
Males: 886   (45.0%)
Females: 1,082   (55.0%)

Beaufort County

Median resident age:   40.6 years
North Carolina median age:   35.3 years

Zip codes: 27810 .

Estimated median household income in 2005: $16,400 (it was $16,674 in 2000)
Belhaven   $16,400
North Carolina:   $40,729

Estimated median house/condo value in 2005: $62,100 (it was $57,600 in 2000)
Belhaven   $62,100
North Carolina:   $127,600

Belhaven, NC residents, houses, and apartments details

 

Races in Belhaven:

  • Black (60.7%)
  • White Non-Hispanic (35.5%)
  • Hispanic (2.7%)
  • Other race (0.7%)
  • Two or more races (0.7%)


Latest news from Belhaven, NC collected exclusively by usaelectionpolls.com from local newspapers, TV, and radio stations

Ancestries: United States (14.8%), English (4.4%), Subsaharan African (1.9%), Irish (1.1%).

Current Local Time: EST time zone

Elevation: 4 feet

Land area: 1.50 square miles.

Population density: 1307 people per square mile 
 
 (low).




Belhaven

For population 25 years and over in Belhaven

  • High school or higher: 66.3%
  • Bachelor's degree or higher: 7.6%
  • Graduate or professional degree: 4.2%
  • Unemployed: 10.1%
  • Mean travel time to work: 24.4 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Belhaven town

  • Never married: 26.5%
  • Now married: 41.3%
  • Separated: 8.8%
  • Widowed: 12.4%
  • Divorced: 10.9%

19 residents are foreign born

This town:   1.0%
North Carolina:   5.3%



According to our research there were 3 registered sex offenders living in Belhaven, North Carolina in early 2007.
The ratio of number of residents in Belhaven to the number of sex offenders is 653 to 1.

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000:

Belhaven:   0.8% ($482)
North Carolina:   0.8% ($826)

Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Greenville, NC (51.6 miles , pop. 60,476).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Norfolk, VA (96.2 miles , pop. 234,403).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Philadelphia, PA (324.4 miles , pop. 1,517,550).

Nearest cities: Pantego, NC (3.9 miles) , Bath, NC (13.6 miles ), Aurora, NC (20.2 miles ), Roper, NC (23.0 miles ), Plymouth, NC (23.5 miles ), Mesic, NC (23.6 miles ), Vandemere, NC (25.0 miles ), River Road, NC (25.9 miles ).


Single-family new house construction building permits:
  • 1997: 3 buildings, average cost: $206,700
  • 1998: 3 buildings, average cost: $208,300
  • 1999: 2 buildings, average cost: $62,500
  • 2000: 0 buildings
  • 2001: 0 buildings
  • 2002: 0 buildings
  • 2003: 0 buildings
  • 2004: 1 building, cost: $80,000
  • 2005: 1 building, cost: $80,000
  • 2006: 1 building, cost: $80,000

Number of permits per 10,000 residents


Average cost (in 1000s)


Latitude: 35.54 N, Longitude: 76.62 W


19 people in hospitals/wards and hospices for chronically ill
19 people in other hospitals or wards for chronically ill

Area code: 252

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Population change in the 1990s: -325 (-14.2%).



Most common industries for males:



  • Construction (26%)
  • Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (14%)
  • Public administration (7%)
  • Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (6%)
  • Accommodation and food services (5%)
  • Textile mills and textile products (4%)
  • Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (3%)


Most common industries for females:



  • Health care (28%)
  • Educational services (14%)
  • Food and beverage stores (7%)
  • Public administration (7%)
  • Food (6%)
  • Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
  • Accommodation and food services (4%)


Most common occupations for males



  • Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (8%)
  • Fishing and hunting, and forest and logging workers (7%)
  • Carpenters (6%)
  • Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
  • Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
  • Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
  • Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)


Most common occupations for females



  • Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (13%)
  • Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (10%)
  • Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
  • Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
  • Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
  • Cashiers (5%)



 

Crime in Belhaven by Year

Type 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Murders 0 1 0 0 0 0
    per 100,000 0.0 49.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Rapes 1 0 2 0 0 2
    per 100,000 50.0 0.0 101.3 0.0 0.0 99.8
Robberies 0 1 1 4 1 1
    per 100,000 0.0 49.2 50.6 204.1 50.9 49.9
Assaults 9 4 5 4 13 11
    per 100,000 449.8 196.7 253.2 204.1 662.3 548.9
Burglaries 20 10 34 21 21 18
    per 100,000 999.5 491.6 1721.5 1071.4 1069.8 898.2
Thefts 57 43 35 39 38 50
    per 100,000 2848.6 2114.1 1772.2 1989.8 1935.8 2495.0
Auto thefts 2 1 3 1 0 0
    per 100,000 100.0 49.2 151.9 51.0 0.0 0.0
Arson 0 0 0 0 0 1
    per 100,000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 49.9
City-data.com crime index (higher means more crime, U.S. average = 239.8) 321.8 275.3 350.4 260.7 300.1 367.3
Full-time Law Enforcement Employees in 2006: 12 (8 officers).
Officers per 1,000 residents here:   4.08
US city average:   3.00

Average climate in Belhaven, North Carolina

Based on data reported by over 4,000 weather stations

Belhaven-area historical tornado activity is near North Carolina state average. It is 1% greater than the overall U.S. average.

On 3/28/1984, a category 4 (max. wind speeds 207-260 mph) tornado 40.7 miles away from the Belhaven town center killed 16 people and injured 153 people and caused between $5,000,000 and $50,000,000 in damages.

On 3/17/1965, a category 3 (max. wind speeds 158-206 mph) tornado 22.2 miles away from the town center killed 2 people and injured 85 people and caused between $500,000 and $5,000,000 in damages.


Hospital/medical center in Belhaven:
  • PUNGO DISTRICT HOSPITAL (210 EAST WATER ST)
Other hospitals/medical centers near Belhaven:
  • BEAUFORT COUNTY HOSPITAL (about 19 miles; WASHINGTON, NC)
  • WASHINGTON COUNTY HOSPITAL (about 22 miles; PLYMOUTH, NC)
  • MARTIN GENERAL HOSPITAL (about 39 miles; WILLIAMSTON, NC)

Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Belhaven:
  • CRAVEN COUNTY REGIONAL (about 44 miles; NEW BERN, NC; ID: EWN)
  • CHERRY POINT MCAS /CUNNINGHAM FIELD/ (about 48 miles; CHERRY POINT, NC; ID: NKT)
  • PITT-GREENVILLE (about 53 miles; GREENVILLE, NC; ID: PGV)
Other public-use airports nearest to Belhaven:
  • PLYMOUTH MUNI (about 20 miles; PLYMOUTH, NC; ID: PMZ)
  • WARREN FIELD (about 29 miles; WASHINGTON, NC; ID: OCW)
  • NORTHEASTERN RGNL (about 33 miles; EDENTON, NC; ID: EDE)

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Belhaven:
  • EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY (about 50 miles; GREENVILLE, NC; Full-time enrollment: 16,633)
  • PITT COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 51 miles; GREENVILLE, NC; FT enrollment: 3,072)
  • COASTAL CAROLINA COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 74 miles; JACKSONVILLE, NC; FT enrollment: 2,237)
  • TIDEWATER COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 93 miles; NORFOLK, VA; FT enrollment: 11,042)
  • NORFOLK STATE UNIVERSITY (about 94 miles; NORFOLK, VA; FT enrollment: 5,820)
  • ECPI COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY (about 95 miles; VIRGINIA BEACH, VA; FT enrollment: 2,083)
  • OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY (about 100 miles; NORFOLK, VA; FT enrollment: 13,330)
Private high school in Belhaven:
  • PUNGO CHRISTIAN ACADEMY (Students: 111; Location: 1009 W MAIN STREET; Grades: PK - 12)

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Notable location: Belhaven Memorial Museum (A) .

Cemetery: Oddfellows Cemetery (1) .

Creek: Shoemaker Creek (A) .

 

Drinking water stations with addresses in Belhaven and their reported violations in the past:

BELHAVEN WATER SYSTEM (Population served: 1960, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
  • Monitoring and Reporting Stage 1 - Between APR-2005 and JUN-2005, Contaminant: Chlorine. Follow-up actions: St Formal NOV issued (AUG-09-2005), St Public Notif requested (AUG-09-2005)
  • CCR Complete Failure to Report - Between JUL-2002 and OCT-2002, Consumer Confidence Rule. Follow-up actions: St Formal NOV issued (OCT-21-2002), St Public Notif requested (OCT-21-2002), St Compliance achieved (OCT-30-2002)
  • CCR Complete Failure to Report - Between JUL-2001 and DEC-2025, Consumer Confidence Rule. Follow-up actions: St Formal NOV issued (JAN-25-2002), St Public Notif requested (JAN-25-2002)
  • Initial Tap Sampling for Pb and Cu - Between JUL-01-1993 and AUG-23-1994, Contaminant: Lead & Copper Rule. Follow-up actions: Fed Formal NOV issued (JUL-25-1994), Fed Public Notif requested (JUL-25-1994), Fed Compliance achieved (AUG-23-1994), Fed No addtl Formal Action needed (DEC-02-1994)
  • 18 regular monitoring violations
DOWRY CREEK MARINA (Population served: 25, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
  • Other Non-NPDWR Potential Health Risks - Between FEB-16-2005 and DEC-31-2025, Contaminant: Public Notice
  • Other Non-NPDWR Potential Health Risks - Between AUG-10-2004 and DEC-31-2025, Contaminant: Public Notice
  • Other Non-NPDWR Potential Health Risks - Between NOV-09-2003 and DEC-31-2025, Contaminant: Public Notice
  • Other Non-NPDWR Potential Health Risks - Between FEB-16-2003 and DEC-31-2025, Contaminant: Public Notice
  • 9 routine major monitoring violations
  • One regular monitoring violation

Average household size:
This town:   2.4 people
North Carolina:   2.5 people

Percentage of family households:
This town:   64.1%
Whole state:   68.9%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This town:   4.5%
Whole state:   4.6%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
  • Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
  • Gay men: 0.4% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:
This town:   35.6%
Whole state:   12.3%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:
This town:   16.9%
Whole state:   5.5%

Belhaven compared to North Carolina state average:

  • Median household income significantly below state average.
  • Median house value significantly below state average.
  • Black race population percentage significantly above state average.
  • Hispanic race population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Median age above state average.
  • Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Number of college students below state average.
  • Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher significantly below state average.
Banks with branches in Belhaven (2007 data):
  • Wachovia Bank, National Association: Belhaven Main at 365 Pamlico Street, branch established on 1960-05-02. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $518,123.0 mil, Deposits: $353,234.0 mil, headquarters in Charlotte, NC, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 3191 total offices, Holding Company: Wachovia Corporation
  • Cooperative Bank: Belhaven Branch 12 at 770 W Main St, branch established on 1898-01-01. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $859.6 mil, Deposits: $662.4 mil, headquarters in Wilmington, NC, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 20 total offices, Holding Company: Cooperative Bankshares, Inc.
  • Southern Bank and Trust Company: Belhaven Branch at 148 East Main Street, branch established on 1971-09-03. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $1,121.4 mil, Deposits: $982.5 mil, headquarters in Mount Olive, NC, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 55 total offices, Holding Company: Southern Bancshares (N.C.), Inc.



2004 Presidential Election results in Beaufort County North Carolina:




Local government employment and payroll (March 2002)

Function Full-time employees Monthly full-time payroll Average yearly full-time wage Part-time employees Monthly part-time payroll
Police Protection - Officers 8 $18,635 $27,953 0 $0
Other Government Administration 3 $13,330 $53,320 6 $476
Financial Administration 4 $8,683 $26,049 0 $0
Firefighters 0 $0   2 $120
Electric Power 3 $9,684 $38,736 0 $0
Water Supply 2 $3,841 $23,046 0 $0
Parks and Recreation 0 $0   4 $1,937
Sewerage 2 $3,839 $23,034 0 $0
Other and Unallocable 4 $8,741 $26,223 0 $0
Streets and Highways 5 $9,963 $23,911 0 $0
Police - Other 3 $5,473 $21,892 1 $469
Totals for Government 34 $82,190 $29,008 13 $3,002


Belhaven government finances in 2002:
  • Bond Fund - Cash & Deposits: $1,158,000
  • Charges - Sewerage: $485,000
    Solid Waste Management: $138,000
    Parks & Recreation: $22,000
    All Other: $8,000
  • Construction - Water Utilities: $975,000
  • Current Operations - General - Other: $4,142,000
    Electric Utilities: $2,026,000
    Police Protection: $416,000
    Sewerage: $318,000
    Financial Administration: $300,000
    Central Staff Services: $185,000
    Regular Highways: $167,000
    Solid Waste Management: $137,000
    Water Utilities: $136,000
    General Public Buildings: $127,000
    Parks & Recreation: $69,000
    Protective Inspection and Regulation, NEC: $63,000
    Housing & Community Development: $18,000
    Fire Protection: $15,000
    Libraries: $6,000
    Judicial and Legal Services: $2,000
  • Federal Intergovernmental - All Other: $3,900,000
    Housing & Community Development: $18,000
  • General - Interest on Debt: $139,000
  • Local Intergovernmental - General Support: $305,000
    All Other: $12,000
  • Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding - Water Utilities: $21,000
  • Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $2,324,000
  • Long Term Debt Outstanding - Full Faith & Credit - Other, NEC: $40,000
    Full Faith & Credit - Water Utilities: $15,000
  • Long Term Debt Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Other, NEC: $2,149,000
  • Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Other, NEC: $135,000
    Water Utilities: $6,000
  • Miscellaneous - General Revenue, NEC: $702,000
    Interest Earnings: $104,000
    Rents: $66,000
  • Other Capital Outlay - Water Utilities: $14,000
    Parks & Recreation: $6,000
    Electric Utilities: $3,000
    Central Staff: $2,000
    General - Other: $2,000
  • Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $3,824,000
  • Revenue - Electric Utilities: $2,269,000
    Water Utilities: $208,000
  • Short Term Debt Outstanding - End of Fiscal Year: $2,250,000
  • State Intergovernmental - All Other: $80,000
    Highways: $80,000
    General Support: $49,000
  • Tax - Property: $383,000
    NEC: $26,000
    Motor Vehicle License: $1,000
  • Total Salaries & Wages: $928,000
  • Water Utilities - Interest on Debt: $1,000

5.86% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($45,016 average adjusted gross income)

Here:   5.86%
North Carolina average:   8.53%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
from Pitt County, NC  1.11% ($34,263 average AGI)
from Craven County, NC  0.26% ($21,878)
from Martin County, NC  0.19% ($30,097)


5.56% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($36,363 average adjusted gross income)

Here:   5.56%
North Carolina average:   7.27%

0.06% of residents moved to foreign countries ($149 average AGI)
Beaufort County:   0.06%
North Carolina average:   0.10%

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
to Pitt County, NC  1.71% ($42,692 average AGI)
to Wake County, NC  0.34% ($30,519)
to Craven County, NC  0.33% ($29,302)


Strongest AM radio stations in Belhaven:
  • WJPI (1470 AM; 5 kW; PLYMOUTH, NC; Owner: FREE TEMPLE MINISTRIES INC..)
  • WDLX (930 AM; 5 kW; WASHINGTON, NC; Owner: NM LICENSING, LLC)
  • WTAR (850 AM; 50 kW; NORFOLK, VA; Owner: SINCLAIR COMMUNICATIONS)
  • WCKO (1110 AM; daytime; 50 kW; NORFOLK, VA; Owner: WORD BROADCASTING NETWORK, INC.)
  • WSMO (1120 AM; 20 kW; CAMP LEJEUNE, NC; Owner: CTC MEDIA GROUP, INC.)
  • WPTF (680 AM; 50 kW; RALEIGH, NC; Owner: FIRST STATE COMMUNICATIONS)
  • WNCT (1070 AM; 10 kW; GREENVILLE, NC; Owner: WNCT LICENSE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • WRVA (1140 AM; 50 kW; RICHMOND, VA; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
  • WRJR (670 AM; 20 kW; CLAREMONT, VA; Owner: CHESAPEAKE-PORTSMOUTH BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
  • WFTK (1030 AM; daytime; 50 kW; WAKE FOREST, NC; Owner: POSITIVE RADIO GROUP, INC.)
  • WGH (1310 AM; 20 kW; NEWPORT NEWS, VA; Owner: CHESAPEAKE BAY BROADCASTING, LLC)
  • WPMH (1010 AM; 10 kW; PORTSMOUTH, VA; Owner: ABC, INC.)
  • WDZY (1290 AM; 25 kW; COLONIAL HEIGHTS, VA; Owner: ABC, INC.)

Strongest FM radio stations in Belhaven:
  • WQZL (101.1 FM; BELHAVEN, NC; Owner: NM LICENSING, LLC)
  • WMGV (103.3 FM; NEWPORT, NC; Owner: WMGV LICENSE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • WERO (93.3 FM; WASHINGTON, NC; Owner: NM LICENSING, LLC)
  • WCBZ (103.7 FM; WILLIAMSTON, NC; Owner: ABG NORTH CAROLINA, LLC)
  • WRSF (105.7 FM; COLUMBIA, NC; Owner: EAST CAROLINA RADIO, INC.)
  • WNCT-FM (107.9 FM; GREENVILLE, NC; Owner: WNCT LICENSE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • WERX-FM (102.5 FM; COLUMBIA, NC; Owner: LAWRENCE LOESCH & MARGARET LOESCH)
  • WWOC (94.5 FM; HATTERAS, NC; Owner: MAX MEDIA OF THE CAROLINAS LLC)
  • WIKS (101.9 FM; NEW BERN, NC; Owner: WIKS LICENSE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • WCZI (98.3 FM; WASHINGTON, NC; Owner: ABG NORTH CAROLINA, LLC)
  • WPNC-FM (95.9 FM; PLYMOUTH, NC; Owner: DURLYN BROADCASTING, CO.)

TV broadcast stations around Belhaven:
  • WUND-TV (Channel 2; COLUMBIA, NC; Owner: UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA)
  • WITN-TV (Channel 7; WASHINGTON, NC; Owner: WITN LICENSEE CORP.)
  • WNCT-TV (Channel 9; GREENVILLE, NC; Owner: MEDIA GENERAL COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
  • WCTI-TV (Channel 12; NEW BERN, NC; Owner: EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
  • WUNM-TV (Channel 19; JACKSONVILLE, NC; Owner: UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA)

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