Earl vs Polkville

A side-by-side comparison of Earl and Polkville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Polkville has the higher population (542 vs 367 in Earl). Polkville has the higher median household income ($66,607 vs $42,287 in Earl). Earl has the higher median home value ($160,900 vs $155,600 in Polkville).

Population, income & housing

	Earl	Polkville
Population	367	542
Median age	56.3 yrs	38.8 yrs
Median household income	$42,287	$66,607
Median home value	$160,900	$155,600
Median gross rent	$937	$1,014
Housing units	237	251
Homeownership rate	81.2%	76.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.7%	23.2%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	0.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Earl	Polkville
Population	269 → 367 (+36.4%)	479 → 542 (+13.2%)
Median household income	$46,250 → $42,287 (-8.6%)	$40,000 → $66,607 (+66.5%)
Median home value	$86,700 → $160,900 (+85.6%)	$116,200 → $155,600 (+33.9%)
Median gross rent	$708 → $937 (+32.3%)	$839 → $1,014 (+20.9%)

Earl

Population

269367

Median household income

$46,250$42,287

Median home value

$86,700$160,900

Median gross rent

$708$937

Polkville

Population

479542

Median household income

$40,000$66,607

Median home value

$116,200$155,600

Median gross rent

$839$1,014

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Earl	Polkville
Under 5	1.6%	5.2%
5 to 17	8.4%	15.9%
18 to 24	9.5%	4.1%
25 to 34	10.4%	18.3%
35 to 44	10.6%	11.3%
45 to 54	3.5%	12.9%
55 to 64	37.3%	14.4%
65 to 74	15.0%	9.4%
75 and over	3.5%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Earl	Polkville
White (non-Hispanic)	74.9%	100.0%
Black or African American	9.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	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	1.1%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	13.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Earl	Polkville
No high school diploma	8.8%	6.7%
High school graduate	51.9%	41.6%
Some college or associate's	34.6%	28.6%
Bachelor's degree	0.3%	10.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	12.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Earl	Polkville
Drove alone	57.2%	82.6%
Carpooled	23.2%	8.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	19.6%	5.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	2.6%
Other means	0.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Earl	Polkville
1-unit, detached	74.7%	72.9%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	2.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	24.5%	21.5%

Poverty & households

	Earl	Polkville
Poverty rate	15.0%	18.5%
Average household size	2.38	2.87
Mean commute (minutes)	18	26
Median year structure built	1983	1968