Parmele vs Robersonville

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

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

Robersonville has the higher population (1,319 vs 288 in Parmele). Robersonville has the higher median household income ($43,359 vs $28,971 in Parmele). Robersonville has the higher median home value ($85,900 vs $81,900 in Parmele).

Population, income & housing

	Parmele	Robersonville
Population	288	1,319
Median age	59.1 yrs	55.1 yrs
Median household income	$28,971	$43,359
Median home value	$81,900	$85,900
Median gross rent	$1,042	$814
Housing units	165	819
Homeownership rate	81.6%	58.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.9%	15.0%
Unemployment rate	8.3%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Parmele	Robersonville
Population	211 → 288 (+36.5%)	1,606 → 1,319 (-17.9%)
Median household income	$32,292 → $28,971 (-10.3%)	$33,400 → $43,359 (+29.8%)
Median home value	$69,100 → $81,900 (+18.5%)	$88,700 → $85,900 (-3.2%)
Median gross rent	$810 → $1,042 (+28.6%)	$613 → $814 (+32.8%)

Parmele

Population

211288

Median household income

$32,292$28,971

Median home value

$69,100$81,900

Median gross rent

$810$1,042

Robersonville

Population

1,6061,319

Median household income

$33,400$43,359

Median home value

$88,700$85,900

Median gross rent

$613$814

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Parmele	Robersonville
Under 5	0.0%	3.9%
5 to 17	8.0%	14.4%
18 to 24	3.5%	2.0%
25 to 34	6.9%	13.2%
35 to 44	3.1%	9.0%
45 to 54	12.2%	7.2%
55 to 64	36.8%	21.9%
65 to 74	20.1%	18.2%
75 and over	9.4%	10.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Parmele	Robersonville
White (non-Hispanic)	36.8%	34.4%
Black or African American	62.5%	62.3%
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	0.7%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Parmele	Robersonville
No high school diploma	20.0%	17.9%
High school graduate	33.3%	28.4%
Some college or associate's	33.7%	38.7%
Bachelor's degree	6.7%	11.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.3%	4.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Parmele	Robersonville
Drove alone	78.7%	82.9%
Carpooled	5.7%	10.4%
Public transit	0.0%	1.2%
Walked	0.0%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.6%	5.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Parmele	Robersonville
1-unit, detached	67.3%	85.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	12.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	32.7%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Parmele	Robersonville
Poverty rate	34.0%	19.1%
Average household size	2.12	2.07
Mean commute (minutes)	22	26
Median year structure built	1976	1965