Enfield vs South Rosemary

A side-by-side comparison of Enfield and South Rosemary: population, income, housing, and more.

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

South Rosemary has the higher population (2,522 vs 1,967 in Enfield). South Rosemary has the higher median household income ($43,478 vs $22,852 in Enfield). South Rosemary has the higher median home value ($84,100 vs $81,800 in Enfield).

Population, income & housing

	Enfield	South Rosemary
Population	1,967	2,522
Median age	39.4 yrs	46.5 yrs
Median household income	$22,852	$43,478
Median home value	$81,800	$84,100
Median gross rent	$580	$920
Housing units	1,131	1,354
Homeownership rate	37.3%	69.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	2.4%	14.0%
Unemployment rate	18.0%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Enfield	South Rosemary
Population	2,524 → 1,967 (-22.1%)	2,747 → 2,522 (-8.2%)
Median household income	$20,567 → $22,852 (+11.1%)	$29,785 → $43,478 (+46.0%)
Median home value	$74,600 → $81,800 (+9.7%)	$88,200 → $84,100 (-4.6%)
Median gross rent	$724 → $580 (-19.9%)	$723 → $920 (+27.2%)

Enfield

Population

2,5241,967

Median household income

$20,567$22,852

Median home value

$74,600$81,800

Median gross rent

$724$580

South Rosemary

Population

2,7472,522

Median household income

$29,785$43,478

Median home value

$88,200$84,100

Median gross rent

$723$920

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Enfield	South Rosemary
Under 5	4.8%	7.5%
5 to 17	20.3%	11.1%
18 to 24	8.7%	3.1%
25 to 34	9.0%	21.6%
35 to 44	14.6%	5.8%
45 to 54	8.3%	16.5%
55 to 64	11.9%	14.0%
65 to 74	7.9%	13.2%
75 and over	14.4%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Enfield	South Rosemary
White (non-Hispanic)	10.3%	31.8%
Black or African American	88.4%	64.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
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%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Enfield	South Rosemary
No high school diploma	27.2%	26.4%
High school graduate	44.5%	29.6%
Some college or associate's	25.9%	30.0%
Bachelor's degree	1.7%	13.2%
Graduate or professional degree	0.7%	0.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Enfield	South Rosemary
Drove alone	70.6%	71.3%
Carpooled	23.1%	0.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.8%	22.2%
Other means	5.5%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Enfield	South Rosemary
1-unit, detached	74.0%	54.9%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	8.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	5.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.0%	42.8%

Poverty & households

	Enfield	South Rosemary
Poverty rate	30.7%	27.3%
Average household size	2.38	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	35	19
Median year structure built	1962	1983