Bolton vs Cerro Gordo

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

Bolton 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.

Bolton has the higher population (469 vs 335 in Cerro Gordo). Cerro Gordo has the higher median home value ($188,700 vs $125,000 in Bolton). Since 2019, Cerro Gordo's population has grown faster (+64.2% vs -27.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Bolton	Cerro Gordo
Population	469	335
Median age	38.4 yrs	48.1 yrs
Median household income	$46,250	—
Median home value	$125,000	$188,700
Median gross rent	—	$736
Housing units	193	165
Homeownership rate	84.7%	83.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	2.2%	7.3%
Unemployment rate	27.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bolton	Cerro Gordo
Population	648 → 469 (-27.6%)	204 → 335 (+64.2%)
Median household income	$33,472 → $46,250 (+38.2%)	—
Median home value	$87,800 → $125,000 (+42.4%)	$73,400 → $188,700 (+157.1%)
Median gross rent	$884 → $850 (-3.8%)	$631 → $736 (+16.6%)

Bolton

Population

648469

Median household income

$33,472$46,250

Median home value

$87,800$125,000

Median gross rent

$884$850

Cerro Gordo

Population

204335

Median home value

$73,400$188,700

Median gross rent

$631$736

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bolton	Cerro Gordo
Under 5	3.2%	0.0%
5 to 17	17.1%	19.1%
18 to 24	21.3%	15.8%
25 to 34	6.8%	1.8%
35 to 44	6.6%	9.3%
45 to 54	11.9%	22.1%
55 to 64	15.8%	7.5%
65 to 74	10.2%	3.3%
75 and over	7.0%	21.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bolton	Cerro Gordo
White (non-Hispanic)	20.0%	74.3%
Black or African American	43.7%	5.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	23.7%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	10.9%	19.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bolton	Cerro Gordo
No high school diploma	18.6%	16.5%
High school graduate	37.6%	46.3%
Some college or associate's	41.6%	29.8%
Bachelor's degree	1.1%	4.6%
Graduate or professional degree	1.1%	2.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bolton	Cerro Gordo
Drove alone	55.1%	86.0%
Carpooled	39.8%	13.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.1%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bolton	Cerro Gordo
1-unit, detached	80.3%	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	19.7%	18.8%

Poverty & households

	Bolton	Cerro Gordo
Poverty rate	23.7%	25.1%
Average household size	2.88	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	30	43
Median year structure built	1973	1974