Pinetops vs Tarboro

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

Pinetops 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 1,323 in Pinetops). Pinetops has the higher median household income ($54,196 vs $49,386 in Tarboro). Tarboro has the higher median home value ($155,500 vs $132,600 in Pinetops).

Population, income & housing

	Pinetops	Tarboro
Population	1,323	10,705
Median age	42.7 yrs	48.9 yrs
Median household income	$54,196	$49,386
Median home value	$132,600	$155,500
Median gross rent	$719	$698
Housing units	681	5,379
Homeownership rate	51.8%	57.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.6%	25.4%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pinetops	Tarboro
Population	1,259 → 1,323 (+5.1%)	10,915 → 10,705 (-1.9%)
Median household income	$29,345 → $54,196 (+84.7%)	$29,738 → $49,386 (+66.1%)
Median home value	$66,800 → $132,600 (+98.5%)	$112,100 → $155,500 (+38.7%)
Median gross rent	$583 → $719 (+23.3%)	$651 → $698 (+7.2%)

Pinetops

Population

1,2591,323

Median household income

$29,345$54,196

Median home value

$66,800$132,600

Median gross rent

$583$719

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)

	Pinetops	Tarboro
Under 5	4.8%	4.0%
5 to 17	15.8%	17.6%
18 to 24	5.7%	5.8%
25 to 34	12.2%	8.1%
35 to 44	14.6%	10.8%
45 to 54	11.0%	9.5%
55 to 64	15.3%	16.2%
65 to 74	15.3%	15.0%
75 and over	5.3%	13.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pinetops	Tarboro
White (non-Hispanic)	40.2%	39.1%
Black or African American	56.6%	51.7%
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%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.2%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	7.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pinetops	Tarboro
No high school diploma	19.4%	11.3%
High school graduate	39.3%	35.3%
Some college or associate's	28.7%	28.0%
Bachelor's degree	10.2%	16.5%
Graduate or professional degree	2.5%	8.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pinetops	Tarboro
Drove alone	81.4%	78.1%
Carpooled	9.5%	6.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	4.5%	11.7%
Other means	4.7%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pinetops	Tarboro
1-unit, detached	72.5%	67.0%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	7.3%	15.4%
5 to 19 units	9.8%	9.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.2%
Mobile home & other	9.0%	3.7%

Poverty & households

	Pinetops	Tarboro
Poverty rate	18.4%	19.8%
Average household size	2.21	2.12
Mean commute (minutes)	21	19
Median year structure built	1973	1972