Ahoskie vs Murfreesboro

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

Ahoskie and Murfreesboro 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 2,814 in Murfreesboro). Murfreesboro has the higher median household income ($43,504 vs $40,762 in Ahoskie). Murfreesboro has the higher median home value ($153,100 vs $123,800 in Ahoskie).

Population, income & housing

	Ahoskie	Murfreesboro
Population	4,798	2,814
Median age	38.7 yrs	31.6 yrs
Median household income	$40,762	$43,504
Median home value	$123,800	$153,100
Median gross rent	$794	$912
Housing units	2,451	1,244
Homeownership rate	45.6%	51.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.8%	31.5%
Unemployment rate	10.4%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ahoskie	Murfreesboro
Population	4,848 → 4,798 (-1.0%)	3,044 → 2,814 (-7.6%)
Median household income	$31,924 → $40,762 (+27.7%)	$38,021 → $43,504 (+14.4%)
Median home value	$98,900 → $123,800 (+25.2%)	$126,300 → $153,100 (+21.2%)
Median gross rent	$763 → $794 (+4.1%)	$717 → $912 (+27.2%)

Ahoskie

Population

4,8484,798

Median household income

$31,924$40,762

Median home value

$98,900$123,800

Median gross rent

$763$794

Murfreesboro

Population

3,0442,814

Median household income

$38,021$43,504

Median home value

$126,300$153,100

Median gross rent

$717$912

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ahoskie	Murfreesboro
Under 5	6.3%	4.4%
5 to 17	18.6%	19.5%
18 to 24	6.9%	20.1%
25 to 34	14.3%	10.4%
35 to 44	9.9%	12.0%
45 to 54	10.7%	7.7%
55 to 64	15.0%	5.9%
65 to 74	10.7%	11.6%
75 and over	7.6%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ahoskie	Murfreesboro
White (non-Hispanic)	24.7%	33.1%
Black or African American	62.6%	51.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.5%	0.1%
Asian	1.5%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.4%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	6.1%	11.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ahoskie	Murfreesboro
No high school diploma	15.5%	13.7%
High school graduate	31.0%	23.3%
Some college or associate's	29.8%	31.5%
Bachelor's degree	15.4%	19.7%
Graduate or professional degree	8.4%	11.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ahoskie	Murfreesboro
Drove alone	75.8%	72.5%
Carpooled	15.0%	7.2%
Public transit	1.0%	3.9%
Walked	2.3%	9.4%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.5%
Worked from home	3.1%	1.5%
Other means	2.1%	4.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ahoskie	Murfreesboro
1-unit, detached	65.4%	77.6%
1-unit, attached	4.5%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	20.7%	12.1%
5 to 19 units	3.1%	3.8%
20 or more units	3.1%	3.0%
Mobile home & other	3.3%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Ahoskie	Murfreesboro
Poverty rate	24.4%	35.8%
Average household size	2.24	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	27	26
Median year structure built	1968	1968