Macclesfield vs Speed

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

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

Macclesfield has the higher population (393 vs 81 in Speed). Macclesfield has the higher median home value ($116,000 vs $75,400 in Speed). Since 2019, Speed's population has grown faster (+2.5% vs -20.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Macclesfield	Speed
Population	393	81
Median age	30.8 yrs	61.8 yrs
Median household income	$53,036	—
Median home value	$116,000	$75,400
Median gross rent	$865	—
Housing units	184	55
Homeownership rate	65.2%	76.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.9%	5.2%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Macclesfield	Speed
Population	494 → 393 (-20.4%)	79 → 81 (+2.5%)
Median household income	$32,232 → $53,036 (+64.5%)	$21,875 → $27,500 (+25.7%)
Median home value	$77,000 → $116,000 (+50.6%)	$67,600 → $75,400 (+11.5%)
Median gross rent	$634 → $865 (+36.4%)	—

Macclesfield

Population

494393

Median household income

$32,232$53,036

Median home value

$77,000$116,000

Median gross rent

$634$865

Speed

Population

7981

Median household income

$21,875$27,500

Median home value

$67,600$75,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Macclesfield	Speed
Under 5	11.7%	0.0%
5 to 17	18.8%	4.9%
18 to 24	5.3%	0.0%
25 to 34	23.4%	8.6%
35 to 44	5.3%	7.4%
45 to 54	8.4%	18.5%
55 to 64	16.3%	11.1%
65 to 74	4.6%	43.2%
75 and over	6.1%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Macclesfield	Speed
White (non-Hispanic)	63.9%	34.6%
Black or African American	20.4%	59.3%
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%	6.2%
Two or more races	1.8%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Macclesfield	Speed
No high school diploma	19.0%	14.3%
High school graduate	32.9%	40.3%
Some college or associate's	30.2%	40.3%
Bachelor's degree	14.3%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.6%	5.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Macclesfield	Speed
Drove alone	92.5%	79.5%
Carpooled	6.2%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	20.5%
Other means	1.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Macclesfield	Speed
1-unit, detached	77.2%	43.6%
1-unit, attached	4.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.6%	56.4%

Poverty & households

	Macclesfield	Speed
Poverty rate	29.8%	0.0%
Average household size	2.91	1.76
Mean commute (minutes)	24	20
Median year structure built	1958	1993