Tabor City vs Whiteville

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

Tabor City 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 3,695 in Tabor City). Whiteville has the higher median household income ($38,004 vs $37,014 in Tabor City). Whiteville has the higher median home value ($173,100 vs $109,600 in Tabor City).

Population, income & housing

	Tabor City	Whiteville
Population	3,695	4,721
Median age	43.2 yrs	37.6 yrs
Median household income	$37,014	$38,004
Median home value	$109,600	$173,100
Median gross rent	$722	$718
Housing units	1,214	2,111
Homeownership rate	63.3%	46.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.6%	23.7%
Unemployment rate	10.4%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Tabor City	Whiteville
Population	4,061 → 3,695 (-9.0%)	5,386 → 4,721 (-12.3%)
Median household income	$28,276 → $37,014 (+30.9%)	$30,729 → $38,004 (+23.7%)
Median home value	$96,800 → $109,600 (+13.2%)	$105,300 → $173,100 (+64.4%)
Median gross rent	$637 → $722 (+13.3%)	$623 → $718 (+15.2%)

Tabor City

Population

4,0613,695

Median household income

$28,276$37,014

Median home value

$96,800$109,600

Median gross rent

$637$722

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)

	Tabor City	Whiteville
Under 5	5.8%	8.1%
5 to 17	9.2%	14.2%
18 to 24	7.4%	8.1%
25 to 34	19.0%	16.1%
35 to 44	11.7%	13.2%
45 to 54	16.3%	9.0%
55 to 64	9.2%	11.1%
65 to 74	13.5%	12.6%
75 and over	7.9%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Tabor City	Whiteville
White (non-Hispanic)	49.3%	41.2%
Black or African American	37.3%	49.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.5%	0.3%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	0.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.9%	7.8%
Hispanic or Latino	6.1%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Tabor City	Whiteville
No high school diploma	24.7%	7.4%
High school graduate	38.1%	33.2%
Some college or associate's	24.6%	35.7%
Bachelor's degree	7.7%	12.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	11.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Tabor City	Whiteville
Drove alone	85.2%	83.6%
Carpooled	4.2%	10.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	10.6%	1.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Tabor City	Whiteville
1-unit, detached	74.6%	52.5%
1-unit, attached	3.1%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	12.4%	14.4%
5 to 19 units	4.5%	15.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	7.5%
Mobile home & other	5.4%	9.3%

Poverty & households

	Tabor City	Whiteville
Poverty rate	40.5%	16.2%
Average household size	2.57	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	32	26
Median year structure built	1966	1972