Calypso vs Potters Hill

A side-by-side comparison of Calypso and Potters Hill: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Potters Hill has the higher population (548 vs 441 in Calypso). Calypso has the higher median home value ($99,400 vs $93,300 in Potters Hill). Since 2019, Potters Hill's population has grown faster (-17.5% vs -27.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Calypso	Potters Hill
Population	441	548
Median age	28.7 yrs	30.9 yrs
Median household income	$43,906	—
Median home value	$99,400	$93,300
Median gross rent	$805	—
Housing units	206	334
Homeownership rate	48.0%	40.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.5%	15.4%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Calypso	Potters Hill
Population	605 → 441 (-27.1%)	664 → 548 (-17.5%)
Median household income	$37,768 → $43,906 (+16.3%)	$51,512 → $45,662 (-11.4%)
Median home value	$80,900 → $99,400 (+22.9%)	$83,500 → $93,300 (+11.7%)
Median gross rent	$732 → $805 (+10.0%)	—

Calypso

Population

605441

Median household income

$37,768$43,906

Median home value

$80,900$99,400

Median gross rent

$732$805

Potters Hill

Population

664548

Median household income

$51,512$45,662

Median home value

$83,500$93,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Calypso	Potters Hill
Under 5	7.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	10.7%	11.7%
18 to 24	19.5%	34.9%
25 to 34	20.4%	10.6%
35 to 44	9.3%	6.6%
45 to 54	6.3%	1.8%
55 to 64	6.3%	14.1%
65 to 74	7.9%	18.8%
75 and over	12.5%	1.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Calypso	Potters Hill
White (non-Hispanic)	49.0%	63.3%
Black or African American	29.0%	32.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.1%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	19.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Calypso	Potters Hill
No high school diploma	19.9%	3.1%
High school graduate	27.1%	43.7%
Some college or associate's	37.5%	37.9%
Bachelor's degree	14.8%	4.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.7%	10.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Calypso	Potters Hill
Drove alone	88.2%	45.5%
Carpooled	6.3%	50.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.5%	3.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Calypso	Potters Hill
1-unit, detached	76.2%	33.5%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	23.3%	66.5%

Poverty & households

	Calypso	Potters Hill
Poverty rate	14.7%	0.0%
Average household size	2.23	1.64
Mean commute (minutes)	23	12
Median year structure built	1971	2002