East Arcadia vs Tar Heel

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

East Arcadia 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.

East Arcadia has the higher population (313 vs 72 in Tar Heel). Tar Heel has the higher median home value ($152,100 vs $116,700 in East Arcadia). Since 2019, East Arcadia's population has grown faster (-32.0% vs -46.7%).

Population, income & housing

	East Arcadia	Tar Heel
Population	313	72
Median age	54.5 yrs	56.3 yrs
Median household income	$50,595	—
Median home value	$116,700	$152,100
Median gross rent	$725	—
Housing units	138	55
Homeownership rate	78.8%	69.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.1%	9.5%
Unemployment rate	26.1%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	East Arcadia	Tar Heel
Population	460 → 313 (-32.0%)	135 → 72 (-46.7%)
Median household income	$26,458 → $50,595 (+91.2%)	$30,625 → $23,500 (-23.3%)
Median home value	$73,800 → $116,700 (+58.1%)	$97,500 → $152,100 (+56.0%)
Median gross rent	$658 → $725 (+10.2%)	—

East Arcadia

Population

460313

Median household income

$26,458$50,595

Median home value

$73,800$116,700

Median gross rent

$658$725

Tar Heel

Population

13572

Median household income

$30,625$23,500

Median home value

$97,500$152,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	East Arcadia	Tar Heel
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	2.2%	11.1%
18 to 24	5.1%	1.4%
25 to 34	6.7%	19.4%
35 to 44	14.1%	5.6%
45 to 54	23.3%	11.1%
55 to 64	30.7%	9.7%
65 to 74	11.2%	34.7%
75 and over	6.7%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	East Arcadia	Tar Heel
White (non-Hispanic)	0.0%	98.6%
Black or African American	97.4%	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	2.6%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	East Arcadia	Tar Heel
No high school diploma	5.9%	17.5%
High school graduate	22.1%	17.5%
Some college or associate's	39.0%	55.6%
Bachelor's degree	19.7%	9.5%
Graduate or professional degree	13.4%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	East Arcadia	Tar Heel
Drove alone	51.9%	95.5%
Carpooled	20.6%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	22.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.8%	4.5%
Other means	1.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	East Arcadia	Tar Heel
1-unit, detached	64.5%	76.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	28.3%	23.6%

Poverty & households

	East Arcadia	Tar Heel
Poverty rate	9.6%	9.7%
Average household size	3.01	1.71
Mean commute (minutes)	25	—
Median year structure built	1988	1973