Barnardsville vs Emma

A side-by-side comparison of Barnardsville and Emma: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Emma has the higher population (2,757 vs 431 in Barnardsville). Barnardsville has the higher median home value ($139,300 vs $88,900 in Emma). Since 2019, Emma's population has grown faster (+8.9% vs -41.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Barnardsville	Emma
Population	431	2,757
Median age	35.8 yrs	28.9 yrs
Median household income	—	$40,964
Median home value	$139,300	$88,900
Median gross rent	$1,565	$981
Housing units	165	1,021
Homeownership rate	71.0%	70.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.7%	13.6%
Unemployment rate	12.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Barnardsville	Emma
Population	742 → 431 (-41.9%)	2,532 → 2,757 (+8.9%)
Median household income	$41,151 → $43,077 (+4.7%)	$36,144 → $40,964 (+13.3%)
Median home value	$129,700 → $139,300 (+7.4%)	$86,100 → $88,900 (+3.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,138 → $1,565 (+37.5%)	$909 → $981 (+7.9%)

Barnardsville

Population

742431

Median household income

$41,151$43,077

Median home value

$129,700$139,300

Median gross rent

$1,138$1,565

Emma

Population

2,5322,757

Median household income

$36,144$40,964

Median home value

$86,100$88,900

Median gross rent

$909$981

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Barnardsville	Emma
Under 5	13.5%	7.6%
5 to 17	14.2%	21.7%
18 to 24	4.2%	19.2%
25 to 34	14.6%	8.3%
35 to 44	9.3%	16.6%
45 to 54	10.0%	4.4%
55 to 64	12.5%	4.2%
65 to 74	3.5%	15.1%
75 and over	18.3%	3.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Barnardsville	Emma
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	31.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.3%
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%	0.4%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	66.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Barnardsville	Emma
No high school diploma	41.2%	21.8%
High school graduate	17.3%	44.3%
Some college or associate's	23.8%	20.3%
Bachelor's degree	14.3%	10.5%
Graduate or professional degree	3.4%	3.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Barnardsville	Emma
Drove alone	82.9%	77.9%
Carpooled	0.0%	17.6%
Public transit	0.0%	4.4%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.1%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Barnardsville	Emma
1-unit, detached	83.0%	20.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.1%	8.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.9%	71.0%

Poverty & households

	Barnardsville	Emma
Poverty rate	9.7%	10.0%
Average household size	3.12	3.58
Mean commute (minutes)	—	20
Median year structure built	1963	1990