Speed vs Tarboro

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

Speed 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 81 in Speed). Tarboro has the higher median home value ($155,500 vs $75,400 in Speed). Since 2019, Speed's population has grown faster (+2.5% vs -1.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Speed	Tarboro
Population	81	10,705
Median age	61.8 yrs	48.9 yrs
Median household income	—	$49,386
Median home value	$75,400	$155,500
Median gross rent	—	$698
Housing units	55	5,379
Homeownership rate	76.1%	57.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.2%	25.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Speed	Tarboro
Population	79 → 81 (+2.5%)	10,915 → 10,705 (-1.9%)
Median household income	$21,875 → $27,500 (+25.7%)	$29,738 → $49,386 (+66.1%)
Median home value	$67,600 → $75,400 (+11.5%)	$112,100 → $155,500 (+38.7%)
Median gross rent	—	$651 → $698 (+7.2%)

Speed

Population

7981

Median household income

$21,875$27,500

Median home value

$67,600$75,400

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)

	Speed	Tarboro
Under 5	0.0%	4.0%
5 to 17	4.9%	17.6%
18 to 24	0.0%	5.8%
25 to 34	8.6%	8.1%
35 to 44	7.4%	10.8%
45 to 54	18.5%	9.5%
55 to 64	11.1%	16.2%
65 to 74	43.2%	15.0%
75 and over	6.2%	13.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Speed	Tarboro
White (non-Hispanic)	34.6%	39.1%
Black or African American	59.3%	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	6.2%	0.2%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	7.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Speed	Tarboro
No high school diploma	14.3%	11.3%
High school graduate	40.3%	35.3%
Some college or associate's	40.3%	28.0%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	16.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	8.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Speed	Tarboro
Drove alone	79.5%	78.1%
Carpooled	0.0%	6.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	20.5%	11.7%
Other means	0.0%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Speed	Tarboro
1-unit, detached	43.6%	67.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	15.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	9.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.2%
Mobile home & other	56.4%	3.7%

Poverty & households

	Speed	Tarboro
Poverty rate	0.0%	19.8%
Average household size	1.76	2.12
Mean commute (minutes)	20	19
Median year structure built	1993	1972