Coats vs Erwin

A side-by-side comparison of Coats and Erwin: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Erwin has the higher population (4,617 vs 2,029 in Coats). Erwin has the higher median household income ($50,077 vs $38,098 in Coats). Erwin has the higher median home value ($150,400 vs $116,800 in Coats).

Population, income & housing

	Coats	Erwin
Population	2,029	4,617
Median age	41.5 yrs	46.0 yrs
Median household income	$38,098	$50,077
Median home value	$116,800	$150,400
Median gross rent	$873	$1,085
Housing units	1,108	2,030
Homeownership rate	49.1%	71.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.8%	16.0%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Coats	Erwin
Population	2,418 → 2,029 (-16.1%)	5,035 → 4,617 (-8.3%)
Median household income	$35,352 → $38,098 (+7.8%)	$40,714 → $50,077 (+23.0%)
Median home value	$97,600 → $116,800 (+19.7%)	$91,000 → $150,400 (+65.3%)
Median gross rent	$776 → $873 (+12.5%)	$824 → $1,085 (+31.7%)

Coats

Population

2,4182,029

Median household income

$35,352$38,098

Median home value

$97,600$116,800

Median gross rent

$776$873

Erwin

Population

5,0354,617

Median household income

$40,714$50,077

Median home value

$91,000$150,400

Median gross rent

$824$1,085

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Coats	Erwin
Under 5	5.5%	8.6%
5 to 17	11.5%	10.6%
18 to 24	8.0%	4.7%
25 to 34	16.4%	15.7%
35 to 44	11.7%	9.4%
45 to 54	12.5%	11.4%
55 to 64	13.7%	17.0%
65 to 74	14.2%	10.6%
75 and over	6.4%	11.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Coats	Erwin
White (non-Hispanic)	62.6%	64.0%
Black or African American	19.8%	19.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.5%	0.7%
Asian	0.3%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	7.0%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	8.7%	12.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Coats	Erwin
No high school diploma	27.4%	11.1%
High school graduate	27.2%	37.6%
Some college or associate's	27.6%	35.3%
Bachelor's degree	12.3%	11.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Coats	Erwin
Drove alone	73.4%	82.6%
Carpooled	22.1%	13.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	4.5%	2.4%
Other means	0.0%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Coats	Erwin
1-unit, detached	70.1%	87.7%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	16.3%	3.7%
5 to 19 units	8.0%	0.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	4.6%	6.9%

Poverty & households

	Coats	Erwin
Poverty rate	24.1%	11.5%
Average household size	2.02	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	30	31
Median year structure built	1977	1959