NavassaNC
A town of 1,889, settled in 1903.
Is Navassa a good place to live?
Navassa’s best subject grade is a B for cost of living; its weakest is a D− for hazard risk. Navassa’s property crime rate is 7.6 per 1,000 residents, where North Carolina’s towns sit at 26 and U.S. towns at 13.1. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 76% of U.S. towns. Navassa's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) trails 85% of U.S. towns. Navassa has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
98% of working residents leave Navassa for work
Where Navassa’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Navassa grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within North Carolina), ordered by how far Navassa is from typical.
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Moving to Navassa: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Navassa, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Navassa.
Navassa faces a very high natural-hazard risk, led by hurricanes
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 94% of U.S. communities. Since 2006, 4 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Navassa.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Navassa stands out in North Carolina and nationally: a larger share of its adults sleep under 7 hours
43% of adults sleep under 7 hours in Navassa, above both the North Carolina town median (34%) and the median of U.S. towns (36%). 13% of Navassa adults binge drink. Navassa beats the North Carolina average on 2 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 14.
| Navassa | North Carolina towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 43% | 34% | 36% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 13% | 12% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 24% | 15% | 14% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 44% | 38% | 35% |
| What stands out | Navassa | NC |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 6.2% | 7.9% |
| More adults treating high blood pressure | 80.3% | 76.7% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 23.1% | 13.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
About one in three of Navassa’s working residents commute to Wilmington
Most working residents leave Navassa for work: only 2% work in town. Jobs based in Navassa grew to 388 in 2023, 216 more than in 2013. Navassa’s average trip to work is 27 minutes.
| Navassa | North Carolina towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 27 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.2% | 6.8% | 8% |
| Median household income | $62,000 | $69,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 9.2% | 13% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Navassa has mild winters and hot summers
Navassa has mild winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. The July high in Navassa is 90°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
A typical Navassa home is worth about $286K
The typical Navassa home is worth about $286,000, up 2.7% in a year, 14% below the North Carolina typical home. 79% of households own their home in Navassa.
| Navassa | North Carolina towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 79% | 67% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,313 a month | $1,085 a month | $1,185 a month |
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Crime reported in Navassa
Navassa's reported crime rate is well below North Carolina's. Most reported incidents are property crimes, mainly thefts. Violent crime is rare: 3 reported in 2023.
Violent crime per 1,000 residents
Property crime per 1,000 residents
FBI crime data, 2023 · crimes reported to police
| Navassa | North Carolina towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 6.6% | 3.4% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.2 miles per square mile | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Phoenix Park | — | 7 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Fort Fisher and 10 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Navassa. Close and well known come first.
23 mi LandmarkFort Fisher
16 mi GardenOrton Plantation
13 mi National BattlefieldMoores Creek National Battlefield56K visitors a year
18 mi MuseumBrunswick Town13 mi GardenAirlie Gardens
6 mi TheatreThalian HallPhoto credits
Fort Fisher: Eric T. Gunther, CC BY 3.0 · Orton Plantation: AgnosticPreachersKid., CC BY-SA 3.0 · Moores Creek National Battlefield: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain · Brunswick Town: Brunswick1726, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Thalian Hall: Sanfranman59, CC BY-SA 3.0
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Everything we know about Navassa
Colleges nearby
3 within 15 miles of the center of Navassa
About 7 of every 100 Navassa residents are enrolled in college, about the same as North Carolina.
About Navassa
Town in North Carolina, United States
Navassa is a town in Brunswick County, North Carolina, United States. As of the 2020 census, Navassa had a population of 1,367. Navassa is part of the Wilmington, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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- Area
- 14 sq mi
- Elevation
- 16 ft
- Area code
- 910
Navassa’s neighbors
One town shares a border with Navassa.
Navassa has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Navassa reports no FBI crime data of its own. Compare Navassa with a neighbor →
Questions about Navassa
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Navassa, NC expensive?
That is 3.7 years of the area's median household income ($76,471 across the Wilmington, NC metro area). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B.