Ahoskie vs Como

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

Ahoskie and Como 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 64 in Como). Como has the higher median household income ($44,583 vs $40,762 in Ahoskie). Ahoskie has the higher median home value ($123,800 vs $95,000 in Como).

Population, income & housing

	Ahoskie	Como
Population	4,798	64
Median age	38.7 yrs	45.3 yrs
Median household income	$40,762	$44,583
Median home value	$123,800	$95,000
Median gross rent	$794	—
Housing units	2,451	46
Homeownership rate	45.6%	56.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.8%	6.7%
Unemployment rate	10.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ahoskie	Como
Population	4,848 → 4,798 (-1.0%)	104 → 64 (-38.5%)
Median household income	$31,924 → $40,762 (+27.7%)	$39,375 → $44,583 (+13.2%)
Median home value	$98,900 → $123,800 (+25.2%)	$76,000 → $95,000 (+25.0%)
Median gross rent	$763 → $794 (+4.1%)	—

Ahoskie

Population

4,8484,798

Median household income

$31,924$40,762

Median home value

$98,900$123,800

Median gross rent

$763$794

Como

Population

10464

Median household income

$39,375$44,583

Median home value

$76,000$95,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ahoskie	Como
Under 5	6.3%	0.0%
5 to 17	18.6%	3.1%
18 to 24	6.9%	3.1%
25 to 34	14.3%	6.3%
35 to 44	9.9%	35.9%
45 to 54	10.7%	9.4%
55 to 64	15.0%	20.3%
65 to 74	10.7%	10.9%
75 and over	7.6%	10.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ahoskie	Como
White (non-Hispanic)	24.7%	82.8%
Black or African American	62.6%	14.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.5%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	3.1%
Two or more races	2.8%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	6.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ahoskie	Como
No high school diploma	15.5%	0.0%
High school graduate	31.0%	35.0%
Some college or associate's	29.8%	58.3%
Bachelor's degree	15.4%	6.7%
Graduate or professional degree	8.4%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ahoskie	Como
Drove alone	75.8%	86.1%
Carpooled	15.0%	13.9%
Public transit	1.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.1%	0.0%
Other means	2.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ahoskie	Como
1-unit, detached	65.4%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	4.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	20.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Ahoskie	Como
Poverty rate	24.4%	3.1%
Average household size	2.24	2.00
Mean commute (minutes)	27	84
Median year structure built	1968	1945