Chadbourn vs Fair Bluff

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

Chadbourn 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.

Chadbourn has the higher population (1,347 vs 513 in Fair Bluff). Fair Bluff has the higher median household income ($29,063 vs $19,853 in Chadbourn). Chadbourn has the higher median home value ($100,300 vs $48,900 in Fair Bluff).

Population, income & housing

	Chadbourn	Fair Bluff
Population	1,347	513
Median age	49.2 yrs	51.8 yrs
Median household income	$19,853	$29,063
Median home value	$100,300	$48,900
Median gross rent	$578	$807
Housing units	807	418
Homeownership rate	49.1%	74.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.6%	10.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chadbourn	Fair Bluff
Population	2,005 → 1,347 (-32.8%)	545 → 513 (-5.9%)
Median household income	$23,042 → $19,853 (-13.8%)	$20,078 → $29,063 (+44.8%)
Median home value	$71,200 → $100,300 (+40.9%)	$60,400 → $48,900 (-19.0%)
Median gross rent	$463 → $578 (+24.8%)	$265 → $807 (+204.5%)

Chadbourn

Population

2,0051,347

Median household income

$23,042$19,853

Median home value

$71,200$100,300

Median gross rent

$463$578

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)

	Chadbourn	Fair Bluff
Under 5	2.0%	7.4%
5 to 17	18.2%	15.0%
18 to 24	8.0%	3.7%
25 to 34	13.3%	10.1%
35 to 44	6.1%	6.0%
45 to 54	15.5%	17.9%
55 to 64	21.0%	16.8%
65 to 74	9.8%	12.1%
75 and over	6.1%	10.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chadbourn	Fair Bluff
White (non-Hispanic)	28.0%	22.8%
Black or African American	55.1%	61.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	11.1%	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	2.3%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chadbourn	Fair Bluff
No high school diploma	8.3%	17.2%
High school graduate	59.4%	41.7%
Some college or associate's	26.8%	31.1%
Bachelor's degree	4.1%	7.7%
Graduate or professional degree	1.4%	2.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chadbourn	Fair Bluff
Drove alone	86.0%	90.6%
Carpooled	5.1%	9.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	2.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chadbourn	Fair Bluff
1-unit, detached	68.0%	53.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	12.9%	10.8%
5 to 19 units	2.2%	3.3%
20 or more units	0.1%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	16.7%	30.9%

Poverty & households

	Chadbourn	Fair Bluff
Poverty rate	50.8%	31.0%
Average household size	2.41	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	27	23
Median year structure built	1974	1983