Colerain vs Roxobel

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

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

Roxobel has the higher population (347 vs 291 in Colerain). Colerain has the higher median household income ($92,917 vs $38,375 in Roxobel). Colerain has the higher median home value ($155,800 vs $98,900 in Roxobel).

Population, income & housing

	Colerain	Roxobel
Population	291	347
Median age	32.8 yrs	35.5 yrs
Median household income	$92,917	$38,375
Median home value	$155,800	$98,900
Median gross rent	$818	$1,115
Housing units	135	136
Homeownership rate	73.2%	76.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.2%	22.7%
Unemployment rate	9.3%	24.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Colerain	Roxobel
Population	302 → 291 (-3.6%)	439 → 347 (-21.0%)
Median household income	$58,281 → $92,917 (+59.4%)	$33,958 → $38,375 (+13.0%)
Median home value	$88,800 → $155,800 (+75.5%)	$67,500 → $98,900 (+46.5%)
Median gross rent	$814 → $818 (+0.5%)	$1,010 → $1,115 (+10.4%)

Colerain

Population

302291

Median household income

$58,281$92,917

Median home value

$88,800$155,800

Median gross rent

$814$818

Roxobel

Population

439347

Median household income

$33,958$38,375

Median home value

$67,500$98,900

Median gross rent

$1,010$1,115

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Colerain	Roxobel
Under 5	3.1%	6.9%
5 to 17	19.2%	11.2%
18 to 24	10.0%	17.0%
25 to 34	23.0%	14.1%
35 to 44	10.0%	7.5%
45 to 54	5.8%	2.3%
55 to 64	12.0%	21.9%
65 to 74	13.7%	12.4%
75 and over	3.1%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Colerain	Roxobel
White (non-Hispanic)	63.6%	46.7%
Black or African American	35.4%	47.3%
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%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Colerain	Roxobel
No high school diploma	5.1%	25.3%
High school graduate	48.2%	27.6%
Some college or associate's	32.5%	24.4%
Bachelor's degree	7.1%	12.4%
Graduate or professional degree	7.1%	10.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Colerain	Roxobel
Drove alone	97.3%	65.1%
Carpooled	0.0%	15.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.1%	19.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Colerain	Roxobel
1-unit, detached	93.3%	64.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.7%	35.3%

Poverty & households

	Colerain	Roxobel
Poverty rate	10.4%	20.5%
Average household size	2.60	2.78
Mean commute (minutes)	26	33
Median year structure built	1955	1977