Kelly vs Tar Heel

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

Kelly 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.

Kelly has the higher population (706 vs 72 in Tar Heel). Tar Heel has the higher median home value ($152,100 vs $125,200 in Kelly). Since 2019, Kelly's population has grown faster (+72.6% vs -46.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Kelly	Tar Heel
Population	706	72
Median age	30.3 yrs	56.3 yrs
Median household income	$51,155	—
Median home value	$125,200	$152,100
Housing units	387	55
Homeownership rate	78.3%	69.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	9.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kelly	Tar Heel
Population	409 → 706 (+72.6%)	135 → 72 (-46.7%)
Median household income	$25,323 → $51,155 (+102.0%)	$30,625 → $23,500 (-23.3%)
Median home value	$51,900 → $125,200 (+141.2%)	$97,500 → $152,100 (+56.0%)

Kelly

Population

409706

Median household income

$25,323$51,155

Median home value

$51,900$125,200

Tar Heel

Population

13572

Median household income

$30,625$23,500

Median home value

$97,500$152,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kelly	Tar Heel
Under 5	13.5%	0.0%
5 to 17	31.3%	11.1%
18 to 24	0.0%	1.4%
25 to 34	23.5%	19.4%
35 to 44	7.1%	5.6%
45 to 54	0.0%	11.1%
55 to 64	5.5%	9.7%
65 to 74	15.3%	34.7%
75 and over	3.8%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kelly	Tar Heel
White (non-Hispanic)	23.1%	98.6%
Black or African American	58.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	11.9%	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	6.2%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kelly	Tar Heel
No high school diploma	12.1%	17.5%
High school graduate	52.6%	17.5%
Some college or associate's	35.4%	55.6%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	9.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kelly	Tar Heel
Drove alone	100.0%	95.5%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	4.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kelly	Tar Heel
1-unit, detached	39.3%	76.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	60.7%	23.6%

Poverty & households

	Kelly	Tar Heel
Poverty rate	6.4%	9.7%
Average household size	2.84	1.71
Median year structure built	1994	1973