Gloucester vs Marshallberg

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

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

Gloucester has the higher population (514 vs 435 in Marshallberg). Marshallberg has the higher median household income ($85,500 vs $78,125 in Gloucester). Gloucester has the higher median home value ($277,000 vs $171,300 in Marshallberg).

Population, income & housing

	Gloucester	Marshallberg
Population	514	435
Median age	49.8 yrs	56.3 yrs
Median household income	$78,125	$85,500
Median home value	$277,000	$171,300
Housing units	230	436
Homeownership rate	85.2%	77.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.3%	19.3%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gloucester	Marshallberg
Population	525 → 514 (-2.1%)	402 → 435 (+8.2%)
Median household income	$45,357 → $78,125 (+72.2%)	$86,806 → $85,500 (-1.5%)
Median home value	$120,000 → $277,000 (+130.8%)	$245,500 → $171,300 (-30.2%)

Gloucester

Population

525514

Median household income

$45,357$78,125

Median home value

$120,000$277,000

Marshallberg

Population

402435

Median household income

$86,806$85,500

Median home value

$245,500$171,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gloucester	Marshallberg
Under 5	0.0%	4.1%
5 to 17	25.1%	5.5%
18 to 24	0.8%	0.0%
25 to 34	3.3%	9.2%
35 to 44	18.5%	11.3%
45 to 54	9.9%	9.0%
55 to 64	16.1%	43.2%
65 to 74	7.2%	8.0%
75 and over	19.1%	9.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gloucester	Marshallberg
White (non-Hispanic)	94.0%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.9%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gloucester	Marshallberg
No high school diploma	0.3%	20.9%
High school graduate	26.5%	29.0%
Some college or associate's	45.9%	30.8%
Bachelor's degree	24.1%	16.5%
Graduate or professional degree	3.1%	2.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gloucester	Marshallberg
Drove alone	82.0%	56.6%
Carpooled	1.8%	24.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.6%	18.8%
Other means	3.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gloucester	Marshallberg
1-unit, detached	88.3%	96.6%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.1%	3.4%

Poverty & households

	Gloucester	Marshallberg
Poverty rate	2.3%	26.9%
Average household size	2.45	2.13
Mean commute (minutes)	36	31
Median year structure built	1978	1970