Maysville is a tiny coastal town (i.e. on the ocean, a bay, or inlet) located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 841 people and two associated neighborhoods, Maysville is the 426th largest community in North Carolina.
There are many members of the armed forces living in Maysville. You will notice when you visit or live here that some of the people you meet or see around town are employed by the armed services - even if they are not always in uniform.
Maysville is also nautical, which means that parts of it are somewhat historic and touch the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and bays. Such areas are often places that visitors and locals go for waterfront activities or taking in the scenery.
One downside of living in Maysville is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Maysville, the average commute to work is 31.84 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
Being a small town, Maysville does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The rate of college-level education in Maysville is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 21.84%: just 12.59% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree.
The per capita income in Maysville in 2022 was $23,523, which is lower middle income relative to North Carolina, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $94,092 for a family of four. However, Maysville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Maysville is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Maysville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Maysville residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Maysville include German, English, Irish, Italian, and Swedish.
The most common language spoken in Maysville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.