Powellsville vs Roxobel

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

Powellsville 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 141 in Powellsville). Powellsville has the higher median household income ($43,125 vs $38,375 in Roxobel). Powellsville has the higher median home value ($120,800 vs $98,900 in Roxobel).

Population, income & housing

	Powellsville	Roxobel
Population	141	347
Median age	71.5 yrs	35.5 yrs
Median household income	$43,125	$38,375
Median home value	$120,800	$98,900
Median gross rent	—	$1,115
Housing units	118	136
Homeownership rate	91.8%	76.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	22.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	24.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Powellsville	Roxobel
Population	175 → 141 (-19.4%)	439 → 347 (-21.0%)
Median household income	$33,750 → $43,125 (+27.8%)	$33,958 → $38,375 (+13.0%)
Median home value	$86,000 → $120,800 (+40.5%)	$67,500 → $98,900 (+46.5%)
Median gross rent	$625 → $678 (+8.5%)	$1,010 → $1,115 (+10.4%)

Powellsville

Population

175141

Median household income

$33,750$43,125

Median home value

$86,000$120,800

Median gross rent

$625$678

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)

	Powellsville	Roxobel
Under 5	0.0%	6.9%
5 to 17	7.1%	11.2%
18 to 24	0.0%	17.0%
25 to 34	4.3%	14.1%
35 to 44	4.3%	7.5%
45 to 54	0.0%	2.3%
55 to 64	4.3%	21.9%
65 to 74	55.3%	12.4%
75 and over	24.8%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Powellsville	Roxobel
White (non-Hispanic)	56.0%	46.7%
Black or African American	44.0%	47.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Powellsville	Roxobel
No high school diploma	3.1%	25.3%
High school graduate	68.7%	27.6%
Some college or associate's	28.2%	24.4%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	12.4%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	10.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Powellsville	Roxobel
Drove alone	64.7%	65.1%
Carpooled	0.0%	15.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	35.3%	19.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Powellsville	Roxobel
1-unit, detached	89.0%	64.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.6%	35.3%

Poverty & households

	Powellsville	Roxobel
Poverty rate	2.1%	20.5%
Average household size	1.66	2.78
Mean commute (minutes)	—	33
Median year structure built	1975	1977