Chadbourn vs Whiteville

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

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

Whiteville has the higher population (4,721 vs 1,347 in Chadbourn). Whiteville has the higher median household income ($38,004 vs $19,853 in Chadbourn). Whiteville has the higher median home value ($173,100 vs $100,300 in Chadbourn).

Population, income & housing

	Chadbourn	Whiteville
Population	1,347	4,721
Median age	49.2 yrs	37.6 yrs
Median household income	$19,853	$38,004
Median home value	$100,300	$173,100
Median gross rent	$578	$718
Housing units	807	2,111
Homeownership rate	49.1%	46.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.6%	23.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chadbourn	Whiteville
Population	2,005 → 1,347 (-32.8%)	5,386 → 4,721 (-12.3%)
Median household income	$23,042 → $19,853 (-13.8%)	$30,729 → $38,004 (+23.7%)
Median home value	$71,200 → $100,300 (+40.9%)	$105,300 → $173,100 (+64.4%)
Median gross rent	$463 → $578 (+24.8%)	$623 → $718 (+15.2%)

Chadbourn

Population

2,0051,347

Median household income

$23,042$19,853

Median home value

$71,200$100,300

Median gross rent

$463$578

Whiteville

Population

5,3864,721

Median household income

$30,729$38,004

Median home value

$105,300$173,100

Median gross rent

$623$718

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chadbourn	Whiteville
Under 5	2.0%	8.1%
5 to 17	18.2%	14.2%
18 to 24	8.0%	8.1%
25 to 34	13.3%	16.1%
35 to 44	6.1%	13.2%
45 to 54	15.5%	9.0%
55 to 64	21.0%	11.1%
65 to 74	9.8%	12.6%
75 and over	6.1%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chadbourn	Whiteville
White (non-Hispanic)	28.0%	41.2%
Black or African American	55.1%	49.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	11.1%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	7.8%
Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chadbourn	Whiteville
No high school diploma	8.3%	7.4%
High school graduate	59.4%	33.2%
Some college or associate's	26.8%	35.7%
Bachelor's degree	4.1%	12.6%
Graduate or professional degree	1.4%	11.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chadbourn	Whiteville
Drove alone	86.0%	83.6%
Carpooled	5.1%	10.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.5%	3.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	0.0%	1.9%
Other means	2.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chadbourn	Whiteville
1-unit, detached	68.0%	52.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	12.9%	14.4%
5 to 19 units	2.2%	15.3%
20 or more units	0.1%	7.5%
Mobile home & other	16.7%	9.3%

Poverty & households

	Chadbourn	Whiteville
Poverty rate	50.8%	16.2%
Average household size	2.41	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	27	26
Median year structure built	1974	1972