Boardman vs Cerro Gordo

A side-by-side comparison of Boardman and Cerro Gordo: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Cerro Gordo has the higher population (335 vs 211 in Boardman). Since 2019, Cerro Gordo's population has grown faster (+64.2% vs -23.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Boardman	Cerro Gordo
Population	211	335
Median age	42.2 yrs	48.1 yrs
Median household income	$55,972	—
Median home value	—	$188,700
Median gross rent	$588	$736
Housing units	87	165
Homeownership rate	51.2%	83.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.5%	7.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boardman	Cerro Gordo
Population	275 → 211 (-23.3%)	204 → 335 (+64.2%)
Median household income	$44,583 → $55,972 (+25.5%)	—
Median home value	$56,000 → $56,300 (+0.5%)	$73,400 → $188,700 (+157.1%)
Median gross rent	$658 → $588 (-10.6%)	$631 → $736 (+16.6%)

Boardman

Population

275211

Median household income

$44,583$55,972

Median home value

$56,000$56,300

Median gross rent

$658$588

Cerro Gordo

Population

204335

Median home value

$73,400$188,700

Median gross rent

$631$736

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Boardman	Cerro Gordo
Under 5	5.7%	0.0%
5 to 17	2.4%	19.1%
18 to 24	18.0%	15.8%
25 to 34	11.8%	1.8%
35 to 44	17.1%	9.3%
45 to 54	14.7%	22.1%
55 to 64	18.0%	7.5%
65 to 74	7.1%	3.3%
75 and over	5.2%	21.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boardman	Cerro Gordo
White (non-Hispanic)	44.1%	74.3%
Black or African American	42.2%	5.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	13.7%	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	0.0%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	19.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boardman	Cerro Gordo
No high school diploma	13.5%	16.5%
High school graduate	66.0%	46.3%
Some college or associate's	16.0%	29.8%
Bachelor's degree	1.9%	4.6%
Graduate or professional degree	2.6%	2.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boardman	Cerro Gordo
Drove alone	80.2%	86.0%
Carpooled	19.8%	13.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boardman	Cerro Gordo
1-unit, detached	42.5%	81.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	57.5%	18.8%

Poverty & households

	Boardman	Cerro Gordo
Poverty rate	5.7%	25.1%
Average household size	2.57	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	36	43
Median year structure built	1985	1974