Dublin vs Kelly

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

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

Kelly has the higher population (706 vs 482 in Dublin). Dublin has the higher median home value ($140,900 vs $125,200 in Kelly). Since 2019, Kelly's population has grown faster (+72.6% vs +17.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Dublin	Kelly
Population	482	706
Median age	40.0 yrs	30.3 yrs
Median household income	—	$51,155
Median home value	$140,900	$125,200
Median gross rent	$692	—
Housing units	179	387
Homeownership rate	43.6%	78.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.7%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	0.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dublin	Kelly
Population	412 → 482 (+17.0%)	409 → 706 (+72.6%)
Median household income	$35,250 → $49,250 (+39.7%)	$25,323 → $51,155 (+102.0%)
Median home value	$120,200 → $140,900 (+17.2%)	$51,900 → $125,200 (+141.2%)
Median gross rent	$657 → $692 (+5.3%)	—

Dublin

Population

412482

Median household income

$35,250$49,250

Median home value

$120,200$140,900

Median gross rent

$657$692

Kelly

Population

409706

Median household income

$25,323$51,155

Median home value

$51,900$125,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dublin	Kelly
Under 5	3.3%	13.5%
5 to 17	18.7%	31.3%
18 to 24	12.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	11.6%	23.5%
35 to 44	6.4%	7.1%
45 to 54	3.5%	0.0%
55 to 64	21.6%	5.5%
65 to 74	6.8%	15.3%
75 and over	16.0%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dublin	Kelly
White (non-Hispanic)	66.8%	23.1%
Black or African American	32.8%	58.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	11.9%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.4%	6.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dublin	Kelly
No high school diploma	27.4%	12.1%
High school graduate	26.1%	52.6%
Some college or associate's	29.9%	35.4%
Bachelor's degree	9.4%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	7.2%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dublin	Kelly
Drove alone	91.9%	100.0%
Carpooled	1.6%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.5%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dublin	Kelly
1-unit, detached	77.1%	39.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	15.6%	60.7%

Poverty & households

	Dublin	Kelly
Poverty rate	37.8%	6.4%
Average household size	3.09	2.84
Mean commute (minutes)	28	—
Median year structure built	1964	1994