Earl vs Waco

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

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

Earl has the higher population (367 vs 216 in Waco). Earl has the higher median household income ($42,287 vs $31,250 in Waco). Earl has the higher median home value ($160,900 vs $93,100 in Waco).

Population, income & housing

	Earl	Waco
Population	367	216
Median age	56.3 yrs	55.3 yrs
Median household income	$42,287	$31,250
Median home value	$160,900	$93,100
Median gross rent	$937	$1,077
Housing units	237	128
Homeownership rate	81.2%	80.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.7%	10.9%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Earl	Waco
Population	269 → 367 (+36.4%)	344 → 216 (-37.2%)
Median household income	$46,250 → $42,287 (-8.6%)	$47,614 → $31,250 (-34.4%)
Median home value	$86,700 → $160,900 (+85.6%)	$104,600 → $93,100 (-11.0%)
Median gross rent	$708 → $937 (+32.3%)	$721 → $1,077 (+49.4%)

Earl

Population

269367

Median household income

$46,250$42,287

Median home value

$86,700$160,900

Median gross rent

$708$937

Waco

Population

344216

Median household income

$47,614$31,250

Median home value

$104,600$93,100

Median gross rent

$721$1,077

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Earl	Waco
Under 5	1.6%	4.6%
5 to 17	8.4%	4.6%
18 to 24	9.5%	1.4%
25 to 34	10.4%	15.3%
35 to 44	10.6%	9.7%
45 to 54	3.5%	13.4%
55 to 64	37.3%	12.0%
65 to 74	15.0%	21.8%
75 and over	3.5%	17.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Earl	Waco
White (non-Hispanic)	74.9%	91.7%
Black or African American	9.8%	7.9%
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%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Earl	Waco
No high school diploma	8.8%	18.1%
High school graduate	51.9%	45.1%
Some college or associate's	34.6%	25.9%
Bachelor's degree	0.3%	4.7%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	6.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Earl	Waco
Drove alone	57.2%	72.5%
Carpooled	23.2%	2.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	19.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	24.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Earl	Waco
1-unit, detached	74.7%	68.8%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	24.5%	30.5%

Poverty & households

	Earl	Waco
Poverty rate	15.0%	12.0%
Average household size	2.38	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	18	29
Median year structure built	1983	1970