Havelock is a medium-sized coastal city (i.e. on the ocean, a bay, or inlet) located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 16,500 people and six associated neighborhoods, Havelock is the 65th largest community in North Carolina.Havelock is a military town: the armed forces employs 13.29% of the workforce, making the military a major focus of life in the city. In the civilian sector, Accommodation and Retail are important in the local economy and are the city’s largest civilian employers, employing 17.61% and 15.15% of the civilian workforce respectively. Also of interest is that Havelock has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. One of the nice things about Havelock is that it is nautical, which means that parts of it are somewhat historic and touch the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and bays. Because of this, visitors and locals will often go to these areas to take in the scenery or to enjoy waterfront activities. Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Havelock spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 18.08 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the city are less than they would otherwise be. Being a small city, Havelock does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The citizens of Havelock are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 16.94% of adults in Havelock have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree The per capita income in Havelock in 2022 was $29,437, which is middle income relative to North Carolina, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $117,748 for a family of four. However, Havelock contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Havelock is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Havelock home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Havelock residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Havelock also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 15.08% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Havelock include German, Irish, English, Italian, and French. The most common language spoken in Havelock is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French.
