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Country around Belhaven is a rural area of about 3,336 people in Beaufort County, North Carolina, named for the post office its ZIP code uses. It's about 49 miles from Greenville, NC and 89 miles from Virginia Beach, VA, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 89°F and winter highs 54°F, with about 1 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $174k and rent runs about $1k a month.
3,336people
$174kTypical home
$1,049/moRent
89° / 54°Summer / winter
1"Snow
256Sunny days
104Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Rural — about 3,336 people spread over the area
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 16 people per sq mi
- 89 mi to Virginia Beach, VA
- 49 mi to Greenville, NC
- 44 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $174k (≈$1,097/mo)
- Median rent $1,049/mo
- Median household income $51k
- Property tax about 0.7% of value
- 6.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 89°F
- Winter highs around 54°F
- Steamy summers (dew point 71°F)
- 256 sunny days a year (101 totally clear)
- 109 cloudy days a year
- 32 of 90 winter days are gray
- 104 days a year with rain or snow
- 1" of snow a year
- Snow days are rare
- Rarely hits 100°F
- Rarely drops below 10°F
- Windier than most places
Safety
- About average violent crime (324 per 100k), county-wide
- Above-average property crime (2,674 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 55
- 22% of households have kids
- 31% are 65 or older
- 21% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 4% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 30 min
- 4% walk or take transit to work
- 44 mi to EWN airport
- 95 mi to ORF (major hub)
- 77 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 68% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1978
- 82% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Flat, open land
- Elevation 36 ft
- Right on the coast
- 91 mi to a big lake
- 17 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 145 mi to the nearest ski area
- 3 mi to the nearest campground
- No golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 10 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- Few or no bars within 25 mi
- Few or no coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 3 museums within 25 mi
- No breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 9 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 27% of North Carolina districts (reading)
- 6 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 21 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 39 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 28 mi to the nearest vet
- 30 mi to the nearest dog park
- 10 congregations per 10k people
- 25 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Beaufort County: R+31 in 2024
- North Carolina: R+3 in 2024
Natural hazards
- High hurricane risk
- High tornado risk
- Very low wildfire risk
- Very low earthquake risk
- Low flood risk
- Very low drought risk
- Low winter storm risk
- Moderate heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk