Hassell vs Parmele

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

Hassell 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 49 in Hassell). Parmele has the higher median household income ($28,971 vs $21,058 in Hassell). Since 2019, Hassell's population has grown faster (+206.3% vs +36.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Hassell	Parmele
Population	49	288
Median age	71.1 yrs	59.1 yrs
Median household income	$21,058	$28,971
Median home value	—	$81,900
Median gross rent	$688	$1,042
Housing units	36	165
Homeownership rate	0.0%	81.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	12.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	8.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hassell	Parmele
Population	16 → 49 (+206.3%)	211 → 288 (+36.5%)
Median household income	$16,250 → $21,058 (+29.6%)	$32,292 → $28,971 (-10.3%)
Median home value	—	$69,100 → $81,900 (+18.5%)
Median gross rent	$580 → $688 (+18.6%)	$810 → $1,042 (+28.6%)

Hassell

Population

1649

Median household income

$16,250$21,058

Median gross rent

$580$688

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)

	Hassell	Parmele
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	16.3%	8.0%
18 to 24	2.0%	3.5%
25 to 34	0.0%	6.9%
35 to 44	14.3%	3.1%
45 to 54	0.0%	12.2%
55 to 64	6.1%	36.8%
65 to 74	61.2%	20.1%
75 and over	0.0%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hassell	Parmele
White (non-Hispanic)	6.1%	36.8%
Black or African American	85.7%	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	8.2%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hassell	Parmele
No high school diploma	57.5%	20.0%
High school graduate	10.0%	33.3%
Some college or associate's	32.5%	33.7%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	6.7%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	6.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hassell	Parmele
Drove alone	50.0%	78.7%
Carpooled	0.0%	5.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	50.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	15.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hassell	Parmele
1-unit, detached	47.2%	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	52.8%	32.7%

Poverty & households

	Hassell	Parmele
Poverty rate	8.2%	34.0%
Average household size	1.81	2.12
Mean commute (minutes)	—	22
Median year structure built	1995	1976