Macclesfield vs Tarboro

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

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

Tarboro has the higher population (10,705 vs 393 in Macclesfield). Macclesfield has the higher median household income ($53,036 vs $49,386 in Tarboro). Tarboro has the higher median home value ($155,500 vs $116,000 in Macclesfield).

Population, income & housing

	Macclesfield	Tarboro
Population	393	10,705
Median age	30.8 yrs	48.9 yrs
Median household income	$53,036	$49,386
Median home value	$116,000	$155,500
Median gross rent	$865	$698
Housing units	184	5,379
Homeownership rate	65.2%	57.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.9%	25.4%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Macclesfield	Tarboro
Population	494 → 393 (-20.4%)	10,915 → 10,705 (-1.9%)
Median household income	$32,232 → $53,036 (+64.5%)	$29,738 → $49,386 (+66.1%)
Median home value	$77,000 → $116,000 (+50.6%)	$112,100 → $155,500 (+38.7%)
Median gross rent	$634 → $865 (+36.4%)	$651 → $698 (+7.2%)

Macclesfield

Population

494393

Median household income

$32,232$53,036

Median home value

$77,000$116,000

Median gross rent

$634$865

Tarboro

Population

10,91510,705

Median household income

$29,738$49,386

Median home value

$112,100$155,500

Median gross rent

$651$698

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Macclesfield	Tarboro
Under 5	11.7%	4.0%
5 to 17	18.8%	17.6%
18 to 24	5.3%	5.8%
25 to 34	23.4%	8.1%
35 to 44	5.3%	10.8%
45 to 54	8.4%	9.5%
55 to 64	16.3%	16.2%
65 to 74	4.6%	15.0%
75 and over	6.1%	13.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Macclesfield	Tarboro
White (non-Hispanic)	63.9%	39.1%
Black or African American	20.4%	51.7%
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%	0.2%
Two or more races	1.8%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	4.6%	7.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Macclesfield	Tarboro
No high school diploma	19.0%	11.3%
High school graduate	32.9%	35.3%
Some college or associate's	30.2%	28.0%
Bachelor's degree	14.3%	16.5%
Graduate or professional degree	3.6%	8.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Macclesfield	Tarboro
Drove alone	92.5%	78.1%
Carpooled	6.2%	6.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	0.0%	11.7%
Other means	1.4%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Macclesfield	Tarboro
1-unit, detached	77.2%	67.0%
1-unit, attached	4.3%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	4.9%	15.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	9.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.2%
Mobile home & other	13.6%	3.7%

Poverty & households

	Macclesfield	Tarboro
Poverty rate	29.8%	19.8%
Average household size	2.91	2.12
Mean commute (minutes)	24	19
Median year structure built	1958	1972