North Carolina · Census place 3730120

Havelock, North Carolina

Havelock is a city in Craven County, North Carolina with an estimated 17,407 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 63rd largest of 335 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
17,407
#63 of 335 in North Carolina
Change since 2020
-2.8%
-509 people
Land area
17.1 sq mi
+ 1.07 sq mi water
Density
1,018 / sq mi
State median 1,316
Orange pin: Havelock. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Raleigh.

Havelock population, 2020 to 2024

Havelock lost 509 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.8%. In the latest year it moved by +5. Among 147 North Carolina places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 143rd; the median place changed by +4.7%. The median place of 5,000+ in North Carolina has 14,573 people, so Havelock is 1.2 times that size.

17.9k202018.0k202117.8k202217.4k202317.4k2024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 16,736. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Havelock covers 17.10 square miles of land and 1.07 of water, for 1,018 people per square mile of land. The median North Carolina place of 5,000+ has 1,316, so Havelock is less dense than the typical town.

What county Havelock is in

All of Havelock's residents live in Craven County, which had 104,167 residents in 2024. Havelock holds 16.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Havelock

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Havelock by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 28532, 28533. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Havelock is

The Census internal point of Havelock is at 34.908900, -76.899500. Raleigh, the capital, is 115.0 miles WNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is New Bern, NC (34,218 people), 16.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Wilmington, NC, 74.1 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
34.908900, -76.899500
DMS
34°54'32.04"N 76°53'58.20"W
UTM
18N 326464.5E 3864587.0N
Geohash
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Plus code
8765W452+H6

Daylight in Havelock

At 34.91° N, Havelock gets about 14 h 30 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 49 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 42 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Havelock

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in North Carolina, measured between internal points. The closest is Newport, 9.6 miles away, with 4,501 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Havelock, NC?

17,407 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 509 (2.8%) from 17,916 in July 2020.

What county is Havelock in?

Craven County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Havelock?

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 28532, 28533.

How far is Havelock from Raleigh?

115.0 miles (185.1 km) in a straight line, heading WNW from Havelock.

What is the nearest larger city to Havelock?

New Bern, NC, with 34,218 residents, 16.3 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.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.