Bear Grass vs Parmele

A side-by-side comparison of Bear Grass and Parmele: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Parmele has the higher population (288 vs 94 in Bear Grass). Bear Grass has the higher median household income ($58,125 vs $28,971 in Parmele). Bear Grass has the higher median home value ($98,200 vs $81,900 in Parmele).

Population, income & housing

	Bear Grass	Parmele
Population	94	288
Median age	31.3 yrs	59.1 yrs
Median household income	$58,125	$28,971
Median home value	$98,200	$81,900
Median gross rent	$675	$1,042
Housing units	39	165
Homeownership rate	76.9%	81.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.7%	12.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	8.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bear Grass	Parmele
Population	89 → 94 (+5.6%)	211 → 288 (+36.5%)
Median household income	$48,958 → $58,125 (+18.7%)	$32,292 → $28,971 (-10.3%)
Median home value	$98,300 → $98,200 (-0.1%)	$69,100 → $81,900 (+18.5%)
Median gross rent	$692 → $675 (-2.5%)	$810 → $1,042 (+28.6%)

Bear Grass

Population

8994

Median household income

$48,958$58,125

Median home value

$98,300$98,200

Median gross rent

$692$675

Parmele

Population

211288

Median household income

$32,292$28,971

Median home value

$69,100$81,900

Median gross rent

$810$1,042

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bear Grass	Parmele
Under 5	23.4%	0.0%
5 to 17	9.6%	8.0%
18 to 24	4.3%	3.5%
25 to 34	18.1%	6.9%
35 to 44	13.8%	3.1%
45 to 54	14.9%	12.2%
55 to 64	3.2%	36.8%
65 to 74	5.3%	20.1%
75 and over	7.4%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bear Grass	Parmele
White (non-Hispanic)	95.7%	36.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	62.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.3%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bear Grass	Parmele
No high school diploma	1.7%	20.0%
High school graduate	11.9%	33.3%
Some college or associate's	62.7%	33.7%
Bachelor's degree	18.6%	6.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	6.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bear Grass	Parmele
Drove alone	90.9%	78.7%
Carpooled	6.8%	5.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.3%	15.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bear Grass	Parmele
1-unit, detached	100.0%	67.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	32.7%

Poverty & households

	Bear Grass	Parmele
Poverty rate	1.1%	34.0%
Average household size	2.41	2.12
Mean commute (minutes)	24	22
Median year structure built	1963	1976