Robersonville vs Williamston

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

Robersonville 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 1,319 in Robersonville). Robersonville has the higher median household income ($43,359 vs $40,556 in Williamston). Williamston has the higher median home value ($108,900 vs $85,900 in Robersonville).

Population, income & housing

	Robersonville	Williamston
Population	1,319	5,157
Median age	55.1 yrs	43.9 yrs
Median household income	$43,359	$40,556
Median home value	$85,900	$108,900
Median gross rent	$814	$621
Housing units	819	2,839
Homeownership rate	58.2%	51.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.0%	13.5%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	12.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Robersonville	Williamston
Population	1,606 → 1,319 (-17.9%)	5,312 → 5,157 (-2.9%)
Median household income	$33,400 → $43,359 (+29.8%)	$36,707 → $40,556 (+10.5%)
Median home value	$88,700 → $85,900 (-3.2%)	$96,000 → $108,900 (+13.4%)
Median gross rent	$613 → $814 (+32.8%)	$653 → $621 (-4.9%)

Robersonville

Population

1,6061,319

Median household income

$33,400$43,359

Median home value

$88,700$85,900

Median gross rent

$613$814

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)

	Robersonville	Williamston
Under 5	3.9%	3.8%
5 to 17	14.4%	14.5%
18 to 24	2.0%	9.4%
25 to 34	13.2%	7.7%
35 to 44	9.0%	16.1%
45 to 54	7.2%	8.6%
55 to 64	21.9%	17.0%
65 to 74	18.2%	14.9%
75 and over	10.2%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Robersonville	Williamston
White (non-Hispanic)	34.4%	39.6%
Black or African American	62.3%	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	2.7%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	6.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Robersonville	Williamston
No high school diploma	17.9%	22.1%
High school graduate	28.4%	30.2%
Some college or associate's	38.7%	34.3%
Bachelor's degree	11.0%	8.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.0%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Robersonville	Williamston
Drove alone	82.9%	67.2%
Carpooled	10.4%	13.8%
Public transit	1.2%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	10.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.0%	8.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Robersonville	Williamston
1-unit, detached	85.0%	71.3%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	12.2%	18.5%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	3.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.4%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Robersonville	Williamston
Poverty rate	19.1%	30.6%
Average household size	2.07	2.08
Mean commute (minutes)	26	19
Median year structure built	1965	1962