Emma vs Royal Pines

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

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

Royal Pines has the higher population (4,528 vs 2,757 in Emma). Royal Pines has the higher median household income ($105,956 vs $40,964 in Emma). Royal Pines has the higher median home value ($369,500 vs $88,900 in Emma).

Population, income & housing

	Emma	Royal Pines
Population	2,757	4,528
Median age	28.9 yrs	43.9 yrs
Median household income	$40,964	$105,956
Median home value	$88,900	$369,500
Median gross rent	$981	$1,397
Housing units	1,021	2,093
Homeownership rate	70.1%	87.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.6%	54.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Emma	Royal Pines
Population	2,532 → 2,757 (+8.9%)	4,759 → 4,528 (-4.9%)
Median household income	$36,144 → $40,964 (+13.3%)	$83,012 → $105,956 (+27.6%)
Median home value	$86,100 → $88,900 (+3.3%)	$260,300 → $369,500 (+42.0%)
Median gross rent	$909 → $981 (+7.9%)	$1,117 → $1,397 (+25.1%)

Emma

Population

2,5322,757

Median household income

$36,144$40,964

Median home value

$86,100$88,900

Median gross rent

$909$981

Royal Pines

Population

4,7594,528

Median household income

$83,012$105,956

Median home value

$260,300$369,500

Median gross rent

$1,117$1,397

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Emma	Royal Pines
Under 5	7.6%	8.0%
5 to 17	21.7%	13.2%
18 to 24	19.2%	4.3%
25 to 34	8.3%	8.2%
35 to 44	16.6%	17.4%
45 to 54	4.4%	13.9%
55 to 64	4.2%	15.0%
65 to 74	15.1%	12.7%
75 and over	3.0%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Emma	Royal Pines
White (non-Hispanic)	31.3%	91.8%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	66.8%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Emma	Royal Pines
No high school diploma	21.8%	1.8%
High school graduate	44.3%	16.5%
Some college or associate's	20.3%	27.3%
Bachelor's degree	10.5%	27.8%
Graduate or professional degree	3.0%	26.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Emma	Royal Pines
Drove alone	77.9%	78.2%
Carpooled	17.6%	1.9%
Public transit	4.4%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	19.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Emma	Royal Pines
1-unit, detached	20.9%	82.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.0%
2 to 4 units	8.1%	12.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	71.0%	1.5%

Poverty & households

	Emma	Royal Pines
Poverty rate	10.0%	1.3%
Average household size	3.58	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	20	26
Median year structure built	1990	1980