Rural Hall vs Tobaccoville

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

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

Rural Hall has the higher population (3,421 vs 2,632 in Tobaccoville). Tobaccoville has the higher median household income ($78,591 vs $50,665 in Rural Hall). Tobaccoville has the higher median home value ($227,200 vs $183,800 in Rural Hall).

Population, income & housing

	Rural Hall	Tobaccoville
Population	3,421	2,632
Median age	42.6 yrs	40.3 yrs
Median household income	$50,665	$78,591
Median home value	$183,800	$227,200
Median gross rent	$995	$917
Housing units	1,732	1,149
Homeownership rate	68.0%	80.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.0%	24.2%
Unemployment rate	10.3%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rural Hall	Tobaccoville
Population	3,188 → 3,421 (+7.3%)	2,634 → 2,632 (-0.1%)
Median household income	$48,700 → $50,665 (+4.0%)	$67,500 → $78,591 (+16.4%)
Median home value	$124,300 → $183,800 (+47.9%)	$152,700 → $227,200 (+48.8%)
Median gross rent	$800 → $995 (+24.4%)	$639 → $917 (+43.5%)

Rural Hall

Population

3,1883,421

Median household income

$48,700$50,665

Median home value

$124,300$183,800

Median gross rent

$800$995

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)

	Rural Hall	Tobaccoville
Under 5	3.6%	9.9%
5 to 17	17.7%	17.1%
18 to 24	6.1%	6.6%
25 to 34	11.4%	11.6%
35 to 44	15.3%	10.3%
45 to 54	15.4%	11.2%
55 to 64	11.9%	14.6%
65 to 74	8.1%	13.8%
75 and over	10.5%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rural Hall	Tobaccoville
White (non-Hispanic)	69.5%	71.1%
Black or African American	16.8%	19.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	5.0%	2.2%
Two or more races	0.6%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	7.8%	3.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rural Hall	Tobaccoville
No high school diploma	8.7%	6.5%
High school graduate	29.5%	36.1%
Some college or associate's	35.8%	33.2%
Bachelor's degree	18.6%	16.9%
Graduate or professional degree	7.4%	7.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rural Hall	Tobaccoville
Drove alone	76.0%	70.5%
Carpooled	7.1%	5.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.2%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.7%	22.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rural Hall	Tobaccoville
1-unit, detached	74.3%	86.2%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	3.3%
2 to 4 units	2.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	10.5%	0.9%
20 or more units	6.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.0%	9.7%

Poverty & households

	Rural Hall	Tobaccoville
Poverty rate	15.6%	10.0%
Average household size	2.22	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	27	21
Median year structure built	1979	1980