Dublin vs Tar Heel

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

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

Dublin has the higher population (482 vs 72 in Tar Heel). Tar Heel has the higher median home value ($152,100 vs $140,900 in Dublin). Since 2019, Dublin's population has grown faster (+17.0% vs -46.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Dublin	Tar Heel
Population	482	72
Median age	40.0 yrs	56.3 yrs
Median home value	$140,900	$152,100
Median gross rent	$692	—
Housing units	179	55
Homeownership rate	43.6%	69.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.7%	9.5%
Unemployment rate	0.8%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dublin	Tar Heel
Population	412 → 482 (+17.0%)	135 → 72 (-46.7%)
Median household income	$35,250 → $49,250 (+39.7%)	$30,625 → $23,500 (-23.3%)
Median home value	$120,200 → $140,900 (+17.2%)	$97,500 → $152,100 (+56.0%)
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

Tar Heel

Population

13572

Median household income

$30,625$23,500

Median home value

$97,500$152,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dublin	Tar Heel
Under 5	3.3%	0.0%
5 to 17	18.7%	11.1%
18 to 24	12.0%	1.4%
25 to 34	11.6%	19.4%
35 to 44	6.4%	5.6%
45 to 54	3.5%	11.1%
55 to 64	21.6%	9.7%
65 to 74	6.8%	34.7%
75 and over	16.0%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dublin	Tar Heel
White (non-Hispanic)	66.8%	98.6%
Black or African American	32.8%	0.0%
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	0.4%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dublin	Tar Heel
No high school diploma	27.4%	17.5%
High school graduate	26.1%	17.5%
Some college or associate's	29.9%	55.6%
Bachelor's degree	9.4%	9.5%
Graduate or professional degree	7.2%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dublin	Tar Heel
Drove alone	91.9%	95.5%
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%	4.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dublin	Tar Heel
1-unit, detached	77.1%	76.4%
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%	23.6%

Poverty & households

	Dublin	Tar Heel
Poverty rate	37.8%	9.7%
Average household size	3.09	1.71
Mean commute (minutes)	28	—
Median year structure built	1964	1973