Cape Colony vs Edenton

A side-by-side comparison of Cape Colony and Edenton: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Edenton has the higher population (4,480 vs 470 in Cape Colony). Cape Colony has the higher median household income ($73,438 vs $42,721 in Edenton). Edenton has the higher median home value ($226,800 vs $178,300 in Cape Colony).

Population, income & housing

	Cape Colony	Edenton
Population	470	4,480
Median age	52.2 yrs	46.4 yrs
Median household income	$73,438	$42,721
Median home value	$178,300	$226,800
Median gross rent	—	$632
Housing units	272	2,620
Homeownership rate	92.7%	52.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.0%	23.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	9.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cape Colony	Edenton
Population	749 → 470 (-37.2%)	4,676 → 4,480 (-4.2%)
Median household income	$32,670 → $73,438 (+124.8%)	$41,633 → $42,721 (+2.6%)
Median home value	$76,700 → $178,300 (+132.5%)	$167,500 → $226,800 (+35.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$757 → $632 (-16.5%)

Cape Colony

Population

749470

Median household income

$32,670$73,438

Median home value

$76,700$178,300

Edenton

Population

4,6764,480

Median household income

$41,633$42,721

Median home value

$167,500$226,800

Median gross rent

$757$632

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cape Colony	Edenton
Under 5	0.0%	6.0%
5 to 17	23.4%	12.7%
18 to 24	0.0%	3.3%
25 to 34	0.0%	16.7%
35 to 44	23.4%	10.4%
45 to 54	9.4%	10.2%
55 to 64	17.7%	9.0%
65 to 74	20.4%	20.5%
75 and over	5.7%	11.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cape Colony	Edenton
White (non-Hispanic)	91.9%	41.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	58.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	4.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.6%	0.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cape Colony	Edenton
No high school diploma	6.7%	14.9%
High school graduate	15.6%	37.5%
Some college or associate's	52.8%	24.0%
Bachelor's degree	8.6%	13.1%
Graduate or professional degree	16.4%	10.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cape Colony	Edenton
Drove alone	78.0%	71.8%
Carpooled	0.0%	13.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.6%	5.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.6%
Worked from home	12.1%	6.8%
Other means	4.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cape Colony	Edenton
1-unit, detached	93.4%	69.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	13.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	6.6%	11.6%

Poverty & households

	Cape Colony	Edenton
Poverty rate	19.8%	35.7%
Average household size	2.16	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	15	31
Median year structure built	1986	1969