Rodanthe vs Salvo

A side-by-side comparison of Rodanthe and Salvo: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Rodanthe has the higher population (306 vs 219 in Salvo). Salvo has the higher median household income ($64,940 vs $34,066 in Rodanthe). Since 2019, Salvo's population has grown faster (+140.7% vs +117.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Rodanthe	Salvo
Population	306	219
Median age	52.4 yrs	36.7 yrs
Median household income	$34,066	$64,940
Median home value	$431,300	—
Housing units	517	700
Homeownership rate	66.2%	69.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	68.8%	44.9%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rodanthe	Salvo
Population	141 → 306 (+117.0%)	91 → 219 (+140.7%)
Median household income	$59,180 → $34,066 (-42.4%)	$49,688 → $64,940 (+30.7%)
Median home value	$341,200 → $431,300 (+26.4%)	$369,400 → $403,800 (+9.3%)

Rodanthe

Population

141306

Median household income

$59,180$34,066

Median home value

$341,200$431,300

Salvo

Population

91219

Median household income

$49,688$64,940

Median home value

$369,400$403,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Rodanthe	Salvo
Under 5	0.0%	14.6%
5 to 17	5.9%	5.0%
18 to 24	17.6%	0.0%
25 to 34	12.1%	14.6%
35 to 44	0.0%	21.9%
45 to 54	52.6%	19.6%
55 to 64	0.0%	5.9%
65 to 74	11.8%	7.3%
75 and over	0.0%	11.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rodanthe	Salvo
White (non-Hispanic)	94.8%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.2%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rodanthe	Salvo
No high school diploma	6.4%	2.3%
High school graduate	10.7%	37.5%
Some college or associate's	14.1%	15.3%
Bachelor's degree	68.8%	25.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	19.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rodanthe	Salvo
Drove alone	45.8%	44.2%
Carpooled	0.0%	18.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	9.2%
Bicycle	15.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	38.5%	28.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rodanthe	Salvo
1-unit, detached	60.9%	80.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	20.3%	2.1%
5 to 19 units	18.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	17.0%

Poverty & households

	Rodanthe	Salvo
Poverty rate	4.9%	0.0%
Average household size	1.48	2.58
Median year structure built	2000	1987