Germanton vs Tobaccoville

A side-by-side comparison of Germanton and Tobaccoville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Tobaccoville has the higher population (2,632 vs 851 in Germanton). Tobaccoville has the higher median household income ($78,591 vs $76,458 in Germanton). Tobaccoville has the higher median home value ($227,200 vs $190,900 in Germanton).

Population, income & housing

	Germanton	Tobaccoville
Population	851	2,632
Median age	59.6 yrs	40.3 yrs
Median household income	$76,458	$78,591
Median home value	$190,900	$227,200
Median gross rent	—	$917
Housing units	437	1,149
Homeownership rate	94.0%	80.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.4%	24.2%
Unemployment rate	7.5%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Germanton	Tobaccoville
Population	955 → 851 (-10.9%)	2,634 → 2,632 (-0.1%)
Median household income	$47,961 → $76,458 (+59.4%)	$67,500 → $78,591 (+16.4%)
Median home value	$115,900 → $190,900 (+64.7%)	$152,700 → $227,200 (+48.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$639 → $917 (+43.5%)

Germanton

Population

955851

Median household income

$47,961$76,458

Median home value

$115,900$190,900

Tobaccoville

Population

2,6342,632

Median household income

$67,500$78,591

Median home value

$152,700$227,200

Median gross rent

$639$917

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Germanton	Tobaccoville
Under 5	0.0%	9.9%
5 to 17	3.9%	17.1%
18 to 24	0.0%	6.6%
25 to 34	2.9%	11.6%
35 to 44	13.3%	10.3%
45 to 54	7.3%	11.2%
55 to 64	38.8%	14.6%
65 to 74	25.5%	13.8%
75 and over	8.3%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Germanton	Tobaccoville
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	71.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	19.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	2.2%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Germanton	Tobaccoville
No high school diploma	2.7%	6.5%
High school graduate	36.6%	36.1%
Some college or associate's	35.3%	33.2%
Bachelor's degree	13.2%	16.9%
Graduate or professional degree	12.2%	7.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Germanton	Tobaccoville
Drove alone	56.5%	70.5%
Carpooled	0.0%	5.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	7.2%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	36.4%	22.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Germanton	Tobaccoville
1-unit, detached	95.7%	86.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.3%	9.7%

Poverty & households

	Germanton	Tobaccoville
Poverty rate	13.4%	10.0%
Average household size	2.04	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	—	21
Median year structure built	1973	1980