Enfield vs Scotland Neck

A side-by-side comparison of Enfield and Scotland Neck: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Scotland Neck has the higher population (2,087 vs 1,967 in Enfield). Enfield has the higher median household income ($22,852 vs $18,202 in Scotland Neck). Enfield has the higher median home value ($81,800 vs $76,100 in Scotland Neck).

Population, income & housing

	Enfield	Scotland Neck
Population	1,967	2,087
Median age	39.4 yrs	48.6 yrs
Median household income	$22,852	$18,202
Median home value	$81,800	$76,100
Median gross rent	$580	$557
Housing units	1,131	1,328
Homeownership rate	37.3%	43.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	2.4%	14.2%
Unemployment rate	18.0%	13.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Enfield	Scotland Neck
Population	2,524 → 1,967 (-22.1%)	1,421 → 2,087 (+46.9%)
Median household income	$20,567 → $22,852 (+11.1%)	$25,938 → $18,202 (-29.8%)
Median home value	$74,600 → $81,800 (+9.7%)	$76,900 → $76,100 (-1.0%)
Median gross rent	$724 → $580 (-19.9%)	$672 → $557 (-17.1%)

Enfield

Population

2,5241,967

Median household income

$20,567$22,852

Median home value

$74,600$81,800

Median gross rent

$724$580

Scotland Neck

Population

1,4212,087

Median household income

$25,938$18,202

Median home value

$76,900$76,100

Median gross rent

$672$557

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Enfield	Scotland Neck
Under 5	4.8%	3.3%
5 to 17	20.3%	13.3%
18 to 24	8.7%	4.7%
25 to 34	9.0%	8.0%
35 to 44	14.6%	18.9%
45 to 54	8.3%	6.7%
55 to 64	11.9%	16.2%
65 to 74	7.9%	13.4%
75 and over	14.4%	15.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Enfield	Scotland Neck
White (non-Hispanic)	10.3%	26.9%
Black or African American	88.4%	71.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.8%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Enfield	Scotland Neck
No high school diploma	27.2%	26.4%
High school graduate	44.5%	37.8%
Some college or associate's	25.9%	21.6%
Bachelor's degree	1.7%	8.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.7%	6.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Enfield	Scotland Neck
Drove alone	70.6%	73.1%
Carpooled	23.1%	14.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	5.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.8%	7.3%
Other means	5.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Enfield	Scotland Neck
1-unit, detached	74.0%	70.3%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	4.3%
2 to 4 units	8.6%	15.4%
5 to 19 units	5.1%	1.7%
20 or more units	5.5%	3.8%
Mobile home & other	5.0%	4.6%

Poverty & households

	Enfield	Scotland Neck
Poverty rate	30.7%	47.7%
Average household size	2.38	1.91
Mean commute (minutes)	35	38
Median year structure built	1962	1959