Atlantic vs Marshallberg

A side-by-side comparison of Atlantic and Marshallberg: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Atlantic has the higher population (541 vs 435 in Marshallberg). Marshallberg has the higher median household income ($85,500 vs $48,750 in Atlantic). Marshallberg has the higher median home value ($171,300 vs $157,000 in Atlantic).

Population, income & housing

	Atlantic	Marshallberg
Population	541	435
Median age	33.8 yrs	56.3 yrs
Median household income	$48,750	$85,500
Median home value	$157,000	$171,300
Housing units	397	436
Homeownership rate	89.3%	77.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.7%	19.3%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Atlantic	Marshallberg
Population	522 → 541 (+3.6%)	402 → 435 (+8.2%)
Median household income	$43,173 → $48,750 (+12.9%)	$86,806 → $85,500 (-1.5%)
Median home value	$161,800 → $157,000 (-3.0%)	$245,500 → $171,300 (-30.2%)

Atlantic

Population

522541

Median household income

$43,173$48,750

Median home value

$161,800$157,000

Marshallberg

Population

402435

Median household income

$86,806$85,500

Median home value

$245,500$171,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Atlantic	Marshallberg
Under 5	8.7%	4.1%
5 to 17	19.4%	5.5%
18 to 24	4.3%	0.0%
25 to 34	19.4%	9.2%
35 to 44	9.2%	11.3%
45 to 54	3.3%	9.0%
55 to 64	15.2%	43.2%
65 to 74	12.8%	8.0%
75 and over	7.8%	9.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Atlantic	Marshallberg
White (non-Hispanic)	83.9%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	0.6%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	15.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Atlantic	Marshallberg
No high school diploma	10.4%	20.9%
High school graduate	37.7%	29.0%
Some college or associate's	38.3%	30.8%
Bachelor's degree	12.8%	16.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.8%	2.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Atlantic	Marshallberg
Drove alone	78.2%	56.6%
Carpooled	0.0%	24.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.4%	18.8%
Other means	10.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Atlantic	Marshallberg
1-unit, detached	86.4%	96.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.6%	3.4%

Poverty & households

	Atlantic	Marshallberg
Poverty rate	21.6%	26.9%
Average household size	2.53	2.13
Mean commute (minutes)	31	31
Median year structure built	1949	1970