Colerain vs Powellsville

A side-by-side comparison of Colerain and Powellsville: population, income, housing, and more.

Colerain and Powellsville are places in North Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Colerain has the higher population (291 vs 141 in Powellsville). Colerain has the higher median household income ($92,917 vs $43,125 in Powellsville). Colerain has the higher median home value ($155,800 vs $120,800 in Powellsville).

Population, income & housing

	Colerain	Powellsville
Population	291	141
Median age	32.8 yrs	71.5 yrs
Median household income	$92,917	$43,125
Median home value	$155,800	$120,800
Median gross rent	$818	—
Housing units	135	118
Homeownership rate	73.2%	91.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.2%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	9.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Colerain	Powellsville
Population	302 → 291 (-3.6%)	175 → 141 (-19.4%)
Median household income	$58,281 → $92,917 (+59.4%)	$33,750 → $43,125 (+27.8%)
Median home value	$88,800 → $155,800 (+75.5%)	$86,000 → $120,800 (+40.5%)
Median gross rent	$814 → $818 (+0.5%)	$625 → $678 (+8.5%)

Colerain

Population

302291

Median household income

$58,281$92,917

Median home value

$88,800$155,800

Median gross rent

$814$818

Powellsville

Population

175141

Median household income

$33,750$43,125

Median home value

$86,000$120,800

Median gross rent

$625$678

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Colerain	Powellsville
Under 5	3.1%	0.0%
5 to 17	19.2%	7.1%
18 to 24	10.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	23.0%	4.3%
35 to 44	10.0%	4.3%
45 to 54	5.8%	0.0%
55 to 64	12.0%	4.3%
65 to 74	13.7%	55.3%
75 and over	3.1%	24.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Colerain	Powellsville
White (non-Hispanic)	63.6%	56.0%
Black or African American	35.4%	44.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Colerain	Powellsville
No high school diploma	5.1%	3.1%
High school graduate	48.2%	68.7%
Some college or associate's	32.5%	28.2%
Bachelor's degree	7.1%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	7.1%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Colerain	Powellsville
Drove alone	97.3%	64.7%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.1%	35.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Colerain	Powellsville
1-unit, detached	93.3%	89.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.7%	7.6%

Poverty & households

	Colerain	Powellsville
Poverty rate	10.4%	2.1%
Average household size	2.60	1.66
Mean commute (minutes)	26	—
Median year structure built	1955	1975