Bogue vs Gloucester

A side-by-side comparison of Bogue and Gloucester: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Bogue has the higher population (800 vs 514 in Gloucester). Bogue has the higher median household income ($88,043 vs $78,125 in Gloucester). Gloucester has the higher median home value ($277,000 vs $251,200 in Bogue).

Population, income & housing

	Bogue	Gloucester
Population	800	514
Median age	43.0 yrs	49.8 yrs
Median household income	$88,043	$78,125
Median home value	$251,200	$277,000
Median gross rent	$1,446	—
Housing units	330	230
Homeownership rate	78.9%	85.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.4%	27.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bogue	Gloucester
Population	643 → 800 (+24.4%)	525 → 514 (-2.1%)
Median household income	$67,031 → $88,043 (+31.3%)	$45,357 → $78,125 (+72.2%)
Median home value	$196,700 → $251,200 (+27.7%)	$120,000 → $277,000 (+130.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,125 → $1,446 (+28.5%)	—

Bogue

Population

643800

Median household income

$67,031$88,043

Median home value

$196,700$251,200

Median gross rent

$1,125$1,446

Gloucester

Population

525514

Median household income

$45,357$78,125

Median home value

$120,000$277,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bogue	Gloucester
Under 5	2.8%	0.0%
5 to 17	22.4%	25.1%
18 to 24	5.1%	0.8%
25 to 34	10.3%	3.3%
35 to 44	10.9%	18.5%
45 to 54	9.1%	9.9%
55 to 64	20.1%	16.1%
65 to 74	11.8%	7.2%
75 and over	7.6%	19.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bogue	Gloucester
White (non-Hispanic)	80.8%	94.0%
Black or African American	0.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	1.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	4.5%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	12.8%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bogue	Gloucester
No high school diploma	5.9%	0.3%
High school graduate	28.5%	26.5%
Some college or associate's	45.2%	45.9%
Bachelor's degree	14.2%	24.1%
Graduate or professional degree	6.3%	3.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bogue	Gloucester
Drove alone	77.5%	82.0%
Carpooled	15.3%	1.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.2%	12.6%
Other means	0.0%	3.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bogue	Gloucester
1-unit, detached	75.2%	88.3%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	23.3%	6.1%

Poverty & households

	Bogue	Gloucester
Poverty rate	3.1%	2.3%
Average household size	2.72	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	23	36
Median year structure built	1997	1978