Ahoskie vs Cofield

A side-by-side comparison of Ahoskie and Cofield: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Ahoskie has the higher population (4,798 vs 284 in Cofield). Ahoskie has the higher median home value ($123,800 vs $57,800 in Cofield). Since 2019, Ahoskie's population has grown faster (-1.0% vs -27.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Ahoskie	Cofield
Population	4,798	284
Median age	38.7 yrs	40.4 yrs
Median household income	$40,762	—
Median home value	$123,800	$57,800
Median gross rent	$794	$763
Housing units	2,451	176
Homeownership rate	45.6%	58.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.8%	17.4%
Unemployment rate	10.4%	16.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ahoskie	Cofield
Population	4,848 → 4,798 (-1.0%)	390 → 284 (-27.2%)
Median household income	$31,924 → $40,762 (+27.7%)	$42,917 → $60,417 (+40.8%)
Median home value	$98,900 → $123,800 (+25.2%)	$86,500 → $57,800 (-33.2%)
Median gross rent	$763 → $794 (+4.1%)	$732 → $763 (+4.2%)

Ahoskie

Population

4,8484,798

Median household income

$31,924$40,762

Median home value

$98,900$123,800

Median gross rent

$763$794

Cofield

Population

390284

Median household income

$42,917$60,417

Median home value

$86,500$57,800

Median gross rent

$732$763

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ahoskie	Cofield
Under 5	6.3%	2.1%
5 to 17	18.6%	20.4%
18 to 24	6.9%	10.6%
25 to 34	14.3%	7.4%
35 to 44	9.9%	19.4%
45 to 54	10.7%	3.9%
55 to 64	15.0%	7.0%
65 to 74	10.7%	19.0%
75 and over	7.6%	10.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ahoskie	Cofield
White (non-Hispanic)	24.7%	6.0%
Black or African American	62.6%	88.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.5%	4.6%
Asian	1.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	6.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ahoskie	Cofield
No high school diploma	15.5%	12.6%
High school graduate	31.0%	33.7%
Some college or associate's	29.8%	36.3%
Bachelor's degree	15.4%	12.1%
Graduate or professional degree	8.4%	5.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ahoskie	Cofield
Drove alone	75.8%	75.8%
Carpooled	15.0%	20.2%
Public transit	1.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.1%	4.0%
Other means	2.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ahoskie	Cofield
1-unit, detached	65.4%	60.2%
1-unit, attached	4.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	20.7%	6.8%
5 to 19 units	3.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.3%	33.0%

Poverty & households

	Ahoskie	Cofield
Poverty rate	24.4%	26.8%
Average household size	2.24	2.10
Mean commute (minutes)	27	19
Median year structure built	1968	1973