Cherry Branch vs Vanceboro

A side-by-side comparison of Cherry Branch and Vanceboro: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Cherry Branch has the higher population (1,406 vs 939 in Vanceboro). Cherry Branch has the higher median household income ($111,930 vs $39,125 in Vanceboro). Cherry Branch has the higher median home value ($278,800 vs $137,500 in Vanceboro).

Population, income & housing

	Cherry Branch	Vanceboro
Population	1,406	939
Median age	30.9 yrs	42.7 yrs
Median household income	$111,930	$39,125
Median home value	$278,800	$137,500
Median gross rent	$1,645	$673
Housing units	451	478
Homeownership rate	77.9%	46.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.0%	9.1%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cherry Branch	Vanceboro
Population	1,397 → 1,406 (+0.6%)	1,065 → 939 (-11.8%)
Median household income	$78,750 → $111,930 (+42.1%)	$28,750 → $39,125 (+36.1%)
Median home value	$219,700 → $278,800 (+26.9%)	$98,800 → $137,500 (+39.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,325 → $1,645 (+24.2%)	$436 → $673 (+54.4%)

Cherry Branch

Population

1,3971,406

Median household income

$78,750$111,930

Median home value

$219,700$278,800

Median gross rent

$1,325$1,645

Vanceboro

Population

1,065939

Median household income

$28,750$39,125

Median home value

$98,800$137,500

Median gross rent

$436$673

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cherry Branch	Vanceboro
Under 5	8.6%	1.9%
5 to 17	27.2%	21.7%
18 to 24	9.0%	4.6%
25 to 34	11.9%	15.7%
35 to 44	16.1%	9.1%
45 to 54	4.6%	6.5%
55 to 64	17.3%	20.3%
65 to 74	2.8%	7.6%
75 and over	2.3%	12.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cherry Branch	Vanceboro
White (non-Hispanic)	73.4%	49.3%
Black or African American	15.4%	45.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	8.6%	3.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cherry Branch	Vanceboro
No high school diploma	4.3%	12.5%
High school graduate	15.7%	35.0%
Some college or associate's	49.0%	43.5%
Bachelor's degree	21.2%	7.6%
Graduate or professional degree	9.8%	1.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cherry Branch	Vanceboro
Drove alone	73.4%	91.6%
Carpooled	0.0%	7.6%
Public transit	0.9%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	22.6%	0.8%
Other means	3.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cherry Branch	Vanceboro
1-unit, detached	93.8%	63.6%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	3.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.3%
5 to 19 units	5.5%	13.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	9.6%

Poverty & households

	Cherry Branch	Vanceboro
Poverty rate	2.4%	30.9%
Average household size	3.17	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	56	30
Median year structure built	2005	1983