Ahoskie vs Harrellsville

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

Ahoskie and Harrellsville 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 180 in Harrellsville). Harrellsville has the higher median household income ($68,558 vs $40,762 in Ahoskie). Harrellsville has the higher median home value ($159,400 vs $123,800 in Ahoskie).

Population, income & housing

	Ahoskie	Harrellsville
Population	4,798	180
Median age	38.7 yrs	44.5 yrs
Median household income	$40,762	$68,558
Median home value	$123,800	$159,400
Median gross rent	$794	$1,125
Housing units	2,451	61
Homeownership rate	45.6%	77.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.8%	16.8%
Unemployment rate	10.4%	15.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ahoskie	Harrellsville
Population	4,848 → 4,798 (-1.0%)	149 → 180 (+20.8%)
Median household income	$31,924 → $40,762 (+27.7%)	$51,875 → $68,558 (+32.2%)
Median home value	$98,900 → $123,800 (+25.2%)	$108,300 → $159,400 (+47.2%)
Median gross rent	$763 → $794 (+4.1%)	$615 → $1,125 (+82.9%)

Ahoskie

Population

4,8484,798

Median household income

$31,924$40,762

Median home value

$98,900$123,800

Median gross rent

$763$794

Harrellsville

Population

149180

Median household income

$51,875$68,558

Median home value

$108,300$159,400

Median gross rent

$615$1,125

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ahoskie	Harrellsville
Under 5	6.3%	0.0%
5 to 17	18.6%	29.4%
18 to 24	6.9%	4.4%
25 to 34	14.3%	4.4%
35 to 44	9.9%	15.6%
45 to 54	10.7%	29.4%
55 to 64	15.0%	4.4%
65 to 74	10.7%	7.8%
75 and over	7.6%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ahoskie	Harrellsville
White (non-Hispanic)	24.7%	43.9%
Black or African American	62.6%	45.6%
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%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	6.1%	10.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ahoskie	Harrellsville
No high school diploma	15.5%	7.6%
High school graduate	31.0%	41.2%
Some college or associate's	29.8%	34.5%
Bachelor's degree	15.4%	16.8%
Graduate or professional degree	8.4%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ahoskie	Harrellsville
Drove alone	75.8%	95.7%
Carpooled	15.0%	4.3%
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	Harrellsville
1-unit, detached	65.4%	96.7%
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%	3.3%

Poverty & households

	Ahoskie	Harrellsville
Poverty rate	24.4%	20.0%
Average household size	2.24	3.16
Mean commute (minutes)	27	31
Median year structure built	1968	1938