Princeville vs Tarboro

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

Princeville 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 1,502 in Princeville). Princeville has the higher median household income ($49,583 vs $49,386 in Tarboro). Tarboro has the higher median home value ($155,500 vs $99,100 in Princeville).

Population, income & housing

	Princeville	Tarboro
Population	1,502	10,705
Median age	40.9 yrs	48.9 yrs
Median household income	$49,583	$49,386
Median home value	$99,100	$155,500
Median gross rent	$1,017	$698
Housing units	705	5,379
Homeownership rate	70.5%	57.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.8%	25.4%
Unemployment rate	8.7%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Princeville	Tarboro
Population	2,119 → 1,502 (-29.1%)	10,915 → 10,705 (-1.9%)
Median household income	$33,878 → $49,583 (+46.4%)	$29,738 → $49,386 (+66.1%)
Median home value	$71,700 → $99,100 (+38.2%)	$112,100 → $155,500 (+38.7%)
Median gross rent	$713 → $1,017 (+42.6%)	$651 → $698 (+7.2%)

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

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)

	Princeville	Tarboro
Under 5	3.4%	4.0%
5 to 17	23.7%	17.6%
18 to 24	6.9%	5.8%
25 to 34	4.5%	8.1%
35 to 44	16.4%	10.8%
45 to 54	11.8%	9.5%
55 to 64	14.0%	16.2%
65 to 74	16.6%	15.0%
75 and over	2.7%	13.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Princeville	Tarboro
White (non-Hispanic)	1.7%	39.1%
Black or African American	97.5%	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	0.9%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	7.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Princeville	Tarboro
No high school diploma	19.5%	11.3%
High school graduate	52.3%	35.3%
Some college or associate's	21.5%	28.0%
Bachelor's degree	4.4%	16.5%
Graduate or professional degree	2.3%	8.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Princeville	Tarboro
Drove alone	73.0%	78.1%
Carpooled	8.5%	6.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	9.8%	1.6%
Bicycle	2.3%	0.3%
Worked from home	0.5%	11.7%
Other means	6.0%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Princeville	Tarboro
1-unit, detached	35.7%	67.0%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	4.1%	15.4%
5 to 19 units	11.1%	9.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.2%
Mobile home & other	47.7%	3.7%

Poverty & households

	Princeville	Tarboro
Poverty rate	24.1%	19.8%
Average household size	2.81	2.12
Mean commute (minutes)	19	19
Median year structure built	2000	1972