Enfield vs Roanoke Rapids

A side-by-side comparison of Enfield and Roanoke Rapids: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Roanoke Rapids has the higher population (15,024 vs 1,967 in Enfield). Roanoke Rapids has the higher median household income ($53,981 vs $22,852 in Enfield). Roanoke Rapids has the higher median home value ($129,400 vs $81,800 in Enfield).

Population, income & housing

	Enfield	Roanoke Rapids
Population	1,967	15,024
Median age	39.4 yrs	38.0 yrs
Median household income	$22,852	$53,981
Median home value	$81,800	$129,400
Median gross rent	$580	$816
Housing units	1,131	6,843
Homeownership rate	37.3%	49.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	2.4%	21.8%
Unemployment rate	18.0%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Enfield	Roanoke Rapids
Population	2,524 → 1,967 (-22.1%)	14,741 → 15,024 (+1.9%)
Median household income	$20,567 → $22,852 (+11.1%)	$37,575 → $53,981 (+43.7%)
Median home value	$74,600 → $81,800 (+9.7%)	$112,400 → $129,400 (+15.1%)
Median gross rent	$724 → $580 (-19.9%)	$722 → $816 (+13.0%)

Enfield

Population

2,5241,967

Median household income

$20,567$22,852

Median home value

$74,600$81,800

Median gross rent

$724$580

Roanoke Rapids

Population

14,74115,024

Median household income

$37,575$53,981

Median home value

$112,400$129,400

Median gross rent

$722$816

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Enfield	Roanoke Rapids
Under 5	4.8%	6.6%
5 to 17	20.3%	18.7%
18 to 24	8.7%	7.9%
25 to 34	9.0%	12.4%
35 to 44	14.6%	10.2%
45 to 54	8.3%	11.4%
55 to 64	11.9%	14.7%
65 to 74	7.9%	12.1%
75 and over	14.4%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Enfield	Roanoke Rapids
White (non-Hispanic)	10.3%	49.9%
Black or African American	88.4%	36.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.6%
Asian	0.0%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	0.8%	5.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	6.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Enfield	Roanoke Rapids
No high school diploma	27.2%	12.6%
High school graduate	44.5%	36.9%
Some college or associate's	25.9%	28.7%
Bachelor's degree	1.7%	14.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.7%	7.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Enfield	Roanoke Rapids
Drove alone	70.6%	74.2%
Carpooled	23.1%	12.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.8%	7.5%
Other means	5.5%	4.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Enfield	Roanoke Rapids
1-unit, detached	74.0%	66.5%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	6.0%
2 to 4 units	8.6%	9.8%
5 to 19 units	5.1%	8.5%
20 or more units	5.5%	5.4%
Mobile home & other	5.0%	3.8%

Poverty & households

	Enfield	Roanoke Rapids
Poverty rate	30.7%	21.8%
Average household size	2.38	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	35	21
Median year structure built	1962	1970