Bladenboro vs Dublin

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

Bladenboro and Dublin 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 482 in Dublin). Dublin has the higher median home value ($140,900 vs $89,800 in Bladenboro). Since 2019, Bladenboro's population has grown faster (+31.5% vs +17.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Bladenboro	Dublin
Population	2,181	482
Median age	29.0 yrs	40.0 yrs
Median household income	$55,517	—
Median home value	$89,800	$140,900
Median gross rent	$646	$692
Housing units	844	179
Homeownership rate	43.5%	43.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.9%	16.7%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	0.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bladenboro	Dublin
Population	1,659 → 2,181 (+31.5%)	412 → 482 (+17.0%)
Median household income	$36,641 → $55,517 (+51.5%)	$35,250 → $49,250 (+39.7%)
Median home value	$64,800 → $89,800 (+38.6%)	$120,200 → $140,900 (+17.2%)
Median gross rent	$673 → $646 (-4.0%)	$657 → $692 (+5.3%)

Bladenboro

Population

1,6592,181

Median household income

$36,641$55,517

Median home value

$64,800$89,800

Median gross rent

$673$646

Dublin

Population

412482

Median household income

$35,250$49,250

Median home value

$120,200$140,900

Median gross rent

$657$692

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bladenboro	Dublin
Under 5	4.9%	3.3%
5 to 17	31.3%	18.7%
18 to 24	9.9%	12.0%
25 to 34	6.6%	11.6%
35 to 44	16.8%	6.4%
45 to 54	12.1%	3.5%
55 to 64	6.1%	21.6%
65 to 74	7.2%	6.8%
75 and over	5.1%	16.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bladenboro	Dublin
White (non-Hispanic)	55.8%	66.8%
Black or African American	18.8%	32.8%
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%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	22.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bladenboro	Dublin
No high school diploma	17.3%	27.4%
High school graduate	31.4%	26.1%
Some college or associate's	39.4%	29.9%
Bachelor's degree	9.0%	9.4%
Graduate or professional degree	2.9%	7.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bladenboro	Dublin
Drove alone	85.0%	91.9%
Carpooled	2.1%	1.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.9%	6.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bladenboro	Dublin
1-unit, detached	68.5%	77.1%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	12.2%	7.3%
5 to 19 units	2.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	14.9%	15.6%

Poverty & households

	Bladenboro	Dublin
Poverty rate	22.2%	37.8%
Average household size	3.08	3.09
Mean commute (minutes)	19	28
Median year structure built	1972	1964