Cerro Gordo vs Fair Bluff

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

Cerro Gordo 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 335 in Cerro Gordo). Cerro Gordo has the higher median home value ($188,700 vs $48,900 in Fair Bluff). Since 2019, Cerro Gordo's population has grown faster (+64.2% vs -5.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Cerro Gordo	Fair Bluff
Population	335	513
Median age	48.1 yrs	51.8 yrs
Median household income	—	$29,063
Median home value	$188,700	$48,900
Median gross rent	$736	$807
Housing units	165	418
Homeownership rate	83.8%	74.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.3%	10.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cerro Gordo	Fair Bluff
Population	204 → 335 (+64.2%)	545 → 513 (-5.9%)
Median household income	—	$20,078 → $29,063 (+44.8%)
Median home value	$73,400 → $188,700 (+157.1%)	$60,400 → $48,900 (-19.0%)
Median gross rent	$631 → $736 (+16.6%)	$265 → $807 (+204.5%)

Cerro Gordo

Population

204335

Median home value

$73,400$188,700

Median gross rent

$631$736

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)

	Cerro Gordo	Fair Bluff
Under 5	0.0%	7.4%
5 to 17	19.1%	15.0%
18 to 24	15.8%	3.7%
25 to 34	1.8%	10.1%
35 to 44	9.3%	6.0%
45 to 54	22.1%	17.9%
55 to 64	7.5%	16.8%
65 to 74	3.3%	12.1%
75 and over	21.2%	10.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cerro Gordo	Fair Bluff
White (non-Hispanic)	74.3%	22.8%
Black or African American	5.4%	61.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	8.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	1.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	19.1%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cerro Gordo	Fair Bluff
No high school diploma	16.5%	17.2%
High school graduate	46.3%	41.7%
Some college or associate's	29.8%	31.1%
Bachelor's degree	4.6%	7.7%
Graduate or professional degree	2.8%	2.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cerro Gordo	Fair Bluff
Drove alone	86.0%	90.6%
Carpooled	13.2%	9.4%
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	0.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cerro Gordo	Fair Bluff
1-unit, detached	81.2%	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	18.8%	30.9%

Poverty & households

	Cerro Gordo	Fair Bluff
Poverty rate	25.1%	31.0%
Average household size	2.26	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	43	23
Median year structure built	1974	1983