Bladenboro vs Clarkton

A side-by-side comparison of Bladenboro and Clarkton: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Bladenboro has the higher population (2,181 vs 875 in Clarkton). Clarkton has the higher median home value ($137,500 vs $89,800 in Bladenboro). Since 2019, Bladenboro's population has grown faster (+31.5% vs +6.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Bladenboro	Clarkton
Population	2,181	875
Median age	29.0 yrs	30.5 yrs
Median household income	$55,517	—
Median home value	$89,800	$137,500
Median gross rent	$646	$1,125
Housing units	844	312
Homeownership rate	43.5%	61.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.9%	10.7%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	8.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bladenboro	Clarkton
Population	1,659 → 2,181 (+31.5%)	819 → 875 (+6.8%)
Median household income	$36,641 → $55,517 (+51.5%)	$22,292 → $23,618 (+5.9%)
Median home value	$64,800 → $89,800 (+38.6%)	$91,700 → $137,500 (+49.9%)
Median gross rent	$673 → $646 (-4.0%)	$504 → $1,125 (+123.2%)

Bladenboro

Population

1,6592,181

Median household income

$36,641$55,517

Median home value

$64,800$89,800

Median gross rent

$673$646

Clarkton

Population

819875

Median household income

$22,292$23,618

Median home value

$91,700$137,500

Median gross rent

$504$1,125

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bladenboro	Clarkton
Under 5	4.9%	7.8%
5 to 17	31.3%	32.0%
18 to 24	9.9%	7.8%
25 to 34	6.6%	7.0%
35 to 44	16.8%	11.4%
45 to 54	12.1%	3.9%
55 to 64	6.1%	9.3%
65 to 74	7.2%	10.6%
75 and over	5.1%	10.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bladenboro	Clarkton
White (non-Hispanic)	55.8%	30.7%
Black or African American	18.8%	60.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.0%	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	0.8%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	22.7%	8.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bladenboro	Clarkton
No high school diploma	17.3%	17.9%
High school graduate	31.4%	22.9%
Some college or associate's	39.4%	48.6%
Bachelor's degree	9.0%	7.2%
Graduate or professional degree	2.9%	3.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bladenboro	Clarkton
Drove alone	85.0%	87.0%
Carpooled	2.1%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.9%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.9%	10.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bladenboro	Clarkton
1-unit, detached	68.5%	63.5%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	12.2%	18.9%
5 to 19 units	2.4%	0.3%
20 or more units	1.5%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	14.9%	14.1%

Poverty & households

	Bladenboro	Clarkton
Poverty rate	22.2%	48.2%
Average household size	3.08	3.51
Mean commute (minutes)	19	24
Median year structure built	1972	1975