Macclesfield vs Princeville

A side-by-side comparison of Macclesfield and Princeville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Princeville has the higher population (1,502 vs 393 in Macclesfield). Macclesfield has the higher median household income ($53,036 vs $49,583 in Princeville). Macclesfield has the higher median home value ($116,000 vs $99,100 in Princeville).

Population, income & housing

	Macclesfield	Princeville
Population	393	1,502
Median age	30.8 yrs	40.9 yrs
Median household income	$53,036	$49,583
Median home value	$116,000	$99,100
Median gross rent	$865	$1,017
Housing units	184	705
Homeownership rate	65.2%	70.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.9%	6.8%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	8.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Macclesfield	Princeville
Population	494 → 393 (-20.4%)	2,119 → 1,502 (-29.1%)
Median household income	$32,232 → $53,036 (+64.5%)	$33,878 → $49,583 (+46.4%)
Median home value	$77,000 → $116,000 (+50.6%)	$71,700 → $99,100 (+38.2%)
Median gross rent	$634 → $865 (+36.4%)	$713 → $1,017 (+42.6%)

Macclesfield

Population

494393

Median household income

$32,232$53,036

Median home value

$77,000$116,000

Median gross rent

$634$865

Princeville

Population

2,1191,502

Median household income

$33,878$49,583

Median home value

$71,700$99,100

Median gross rent

$713$1,017

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Macclesfield	Princeville
Under 5	11.7%	3.4%
5 to 17	18.8%	23.7%
18 to 24	5.3%	6.9%
25 to 34	23.4%	4.5%
35 to 44	5.3%	16.4%
45 to 54	8.4%	11.8%
55 to 64	16.3%	14.0%
65 to 74	4.6%	16.6%
75 and over	6.1%	2.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Macclesfield	Princeville
White (non-Hispanic)	63.9%	1.7%
Black or African American	20.4%	97.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	9.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.8%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	4.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Macclesfield	Princeville
No high school diploma	19.0%	19.5%
High school graduate	32.9%	52.3%
Some college or associate's	30.2%	21.5%
Bachelor's degree	14.3%	4.4%
Graduate or professional degree	3.6%	2.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Macclesfield	Princeville
Drove alone	92.5%	73.0%
Carpooled	6.2%	8.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	9.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	2.3%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.5%
Other means	1.4%	6.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Macclesfield	Princeville
1-unit, detached	77.2%	35.7%
1-unit, attached	4.3%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	4.9%	4.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	11.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.6%	47.7%

Poverty & households

	Macclesfield	Princeville
Poverty rate	29.8%	24.1%
Average household size	2.91	2.81
Mean commute (minutes)	24	19
Median year structure built	1958	2000