Parmele vs Williamston

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

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

Williamston has the higher population (5,157 vs 288 in Parmele). Williamston has the higher median household income ($40,556 vs $28,971 in Parmele). Williamston has the higher median home value ($108,900 vs $81,900 in Parmele).

Population, income & housing

	Parmele	Williamston
Population	288	5,157
Median age	59.1 yrs	43.9 yrs
Median household income	$28,971	$40,556
Median home value	$81,900	$108,900
Median gross rent	$1,042	$621
Housing units	165	2,839
Homeownership rate	81.6%	51.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.9%	13.5%
Unemployment rate	8.3%	12.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Parmele	Williamston
Population	211 → 288 (+36.5%)	5,312 → 5,157 (-2.9%)
Median household income	$32,292 → $28,971 (-10.3%)	$36,707 → $40,556 (+10.5%)
Median home value	$69,100 → $81,900 (+18.5%)	$96,000 → $108,900 (+13.4%)
Median gross rent	$810 → $1,042 (+28.6%)	$653 → $621 (-4.9%)

Parmele

Population

211288

Median household income

$32,292$28,971

Median home value

$69,100$81,900

Median gross rent

$810$1,042

Williamston

Population

5,3125,157

Median household income

$36,707$40,556

Median home value

$96,000$108,900

Median gross rent

$653$621

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Parmele	Williamston
Under 5	0.0%	3.8%
5 to 17	8.0%	14.5%
18 to 24	3.5%	9.4%
25 to 34	6.9%	7.7%
35 to 44	3.1%	16.1%
45 to 54	12.2%	8.6%
55 to 64	36.8%	17.0%
65 to 74	20.1%	14.9%
75 and over	9.4%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Parmele	Williamston
White (non-Hispanic)	36.8%	39.6%
Black or African American	62.5%	48.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.4%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.7%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	6.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Parmele	Williamston
No high school diploma	20.0%	22.1%
High school graduate	33.3%	30.2%
Some college or associate's	33.7%	34.3%
Bachelor's degree	6.7%	8.8%
Graduate or professional degree	6.3%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Parmele	Williamston
Drove alone	78.7%	67.2%
Carpooled	5.7%	13.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	10.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.6%	8.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Parmele	Williamston
1-unit, detached	67.3%	71.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	18.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.4%
Mobile home & other	32.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Parmele	Williamston
Poverty rate	34.0%	30.6%
Average household size	2.12	2.08
Mean commute (minutes)	22	19
Median year structure built	1976	1962