Bladenboro vs Elizabethtown

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

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

Elizabethtown has the higher population (3,294 vs 2,181 in Bladenboro). Bladenboro has the higher median household income ($55,517 vs $32,577 in Elizabethtown). Elizabethtown has the higher median home value ($153,400 vs $89,800 in Bladenboro).

Population, income & housing

	Bladenboro	Elizabethtown
Population	2,181	3,294
Median age	29.0 yrs	48.0 yrs
Median household income	$55,517	$32,577
Median home value	$89,800	$153,400
Median gross rent	$646	$650
Housing units	844	2,000
Homeownership rate	43.5%	46.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.9%	15.8%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bladenboro	Elizabethtown
Population	1,659 → 2,181 (+31.5%)	3,464 → 3,294 (-4.9%)
Median household income	$36,641 → $55,517 (+51.5%)	$21,917 → $32,577 (+48.6%)
Median home value	$64,800 → $89,800 (+38.6%)	$120,500 → $153,400 (+27.3%)
Median gross rent	$673 → $646 (-4.0%)	$557 → $650 (+16.7%)

Bladenboro

Population

1,6592,181

Median household income

$36,641$55,517

Median home value

$64,800$89,800

Median gross rent

$673$646

Elizabethtown

Population

3,4643,294

Median household income

$21,917$32,577

Median home value

$120,500$153,400

Median gross rent

$557$650

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bladenboro	Elizabethtown
Under 5	4.9%	7.5%
5 to 17	31.3%	9.8%
18 to 24	9.9%	9.4%
25 to 34	6.6%	16.7%
35 to 44	16.8%	3.9%
45 to 54	12.1%	12.1%
55 to 64	6.1%	13.7%
65 to 74	7.2%	15.6%
75 and over	5.1%	11.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bladenboro	Elizabethtown
White (non-Hispanic)	55.8%	55.6%
Black or African American	18.8%	34.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.0%	3.6%
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%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	22.7%	5.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bladenboro	Elizabethtown
No high school diploma	17.3%	16.0%
High school graduate	31.4%	34.1%
Some college or associate's	39.4%	34.1%
Bachelor's degree	9.0%	11.2%
Graduate or professional degree	2.9%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bladenboro	Elizabethtown
Drove alone	85.0%	87.1%
Carpooled	2.1%	11.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.9%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.9%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bladenboro	Elizabethtown
1-unit, detached	68.5%	77.7%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	12.2%	5.1%
5 to 19 units	2.4%	10.3%
20 or more units	1.5%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	14.9%	3.8%

Poverty & households

	Bladenboro	Elizabethtown
Poverty rate	22.2%	34.1%
Average household size	3.08	1.95
Mean commute (minutes)	19	19
Median year structure built	1972	1977