Bolton vs Fair Bluff

A side-by-side comparison of Bolton and Fair Bluff: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Fair Bluff has the higher population (513 vs 469 in Bolton). Bolton has the higher median household income ($46,250 vs $29,063 in Fair Bluff). Bolton has the higher median home value ($125,000 vs $48,900 in Fair Bluff).

Population, income & housing

	Bolton	Fair Bluff
Population	469	513
Median age	38.4 yrs	51.8 yrs
Median household income	$46,250	$29,063
Median home value	$125,000	$48,900
Median gross rent	—	$807
Housing units	193	418
Homeownership rate	84.7%	74.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	2.2%	10.0%
Unemployment rate	27.5%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bolton	Fair Bluff
Population	648 → 469 (-27.6%)	545 → 513 (-5.9%)
Median household income	$33,472 → $46,250 (+38.2%)	$20,078 → $29,063 (+44.8%)
Median home value	$87,800 → $125,000 (+42.4%)	$60,400 → $48,900 (-19.0%)
Median gross rent	$884 → $850 (-3.8%)	$265 → $807 (+204.5%)

Bolton

Population

648469

Median household income

$33,472$46,250

Median home value

$87,800$125,000

Median gross rent

$884$850

Fair Bluff

Population

545513

Median household income

$20,078$29,063

Median home value

$60,400$48,900

Median gross rent

$265$807

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bolton	Fair Bluff
Under 5	3.2%	7.4%
5 to 17	17.1%	15.0%
18 to 24	21.3%	3.7%
25 to 34	6.8%	10.1%
35 to 44	6.6%	6.0%
45 to 54	11.9%	17.9%
55 to 64	15.8%	16.8%
65 to 74	10.2%	12.1%
75 and over	7.0%	10.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bolton	Fair Bluff
White (non-Hispanic)	20.0%	22.8%
Black or African American	43.7%	61.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	1.7%	8.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	1.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	23.7%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	10.9%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bolton	Fair Bluff
No high school diploma	18.6%	17.2%
High school graduate	37.6%	41.7%
Some college or associate's	41.6%	31.1%
Bachelor's degree	1.1%	7.7%
Graduate or professional degree	1.1%	2.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bolton	Fair Bluff
Drove alone	55.1%	90.6%
Carpooled	39.8%	9.4%
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%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bolton	Fair Bluff
1-unit, detached	80.3%	53.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	10.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	19.7%	30.9%

Poverty & households

	Bolton	Fair Bluff
Poverty rate	23.7%	31.0%
Average household size	2.88	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	30	23
Median year structure built	1973	1983