North Carolina · Census place 3704640
Belhaven, North Carolina
Belhaven is a town in Beaufort County, North Carolina with an estimated 1,406 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 299th largest of 335 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,406
- #299 of 335 in North Carolina
- Change since 2020
- -0.2%
- -3 people
- Land area
- 1.6 sq mi
- + 0.50 sq mi water
- Density
- 884 / sq mi
- State median 1,316
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Belhaven population, 2020 to 2024
Belhaven lost 3 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.2%. In the latest year it moved by +4.
Belhaven covers 1.59 square miles of land and 0.50 of water, for 884 people per square mile of land. The median North Carolina place of 5,000+ has 1,316, so Belhaven is less dense than the typical town.
What county Belhaven is in
All of Belhaven's residents live in Beaufort County, which had 44,576 residents in 2024. Belhaven holds 3.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Belhaven
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Belhaven by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 27810. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a town that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.
Where Belhaven is
The Census internal point of Belhaven is at 35.543000, -76.623100. Raleigh, the capital, is 114.3 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Plymouth, NC (3,190 people), 22.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Suffolk, VA, 79.7 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 35.543000, -76.623100
- DMS
- 35°32'34.80"N 76°37'23.16"W
- UTM
- 18N 352868.1E 3934474.1N
- Geohash
- dq3d0qkub
- Plus code
- 8775G9VG+6Q
Daylight in Belhaven
At 35.54° N, Belhaven gets about 14 h 34 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 45 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 49 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Belhaven
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in North Carolina, measured between internal points. The closest is Plymouth, 22.9 miles away, with 3,190 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Belhaven, NC?
1,406 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 3 (0.2%) from 1,409 in July 2020.
What county is Belhaven in?
Beaufort County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Belhaven?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 27810.
How far is Belhaven from Raleigh?
114.3 miles (184.0 km) in a straight line, heading W from Belhaven.
What is the nearest larger city to Belhaven?
Plymouth, NC, with 3,190 residents, 22.9 miles away between internal points.
Sources and data as of
Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.