Pumpkin Center vs Sneads Ferry

A side-by-side comparison of Pumpkin Center and Sneads Ferry: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Sneads Ferry has the higher population (2,556 vs 1,753 in Pumpkin Center). Pumpkin Center has the higher median household income ($62,684 vs $59,783 in Sneads Ferry). Sneads Ferry has the higher median home value ($233,500 vs $170,300 in Pumpkin Center).

Population, income & housing

	Pumpkin Center	Sneads Ferry
Population	1,753	2,556
Median age	32.3 yrs	38.1 yrs
Median household income	$62,684	$59,783
Median home value	$170,300	$233,500
Median gross rent	—	$1,605
Housing units	684	1,914
Homeownership rate	88.3%	64.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.9%	20.3%
Unemployment rate	8.8%	1.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pumpkin Center	Sneads Ferry
Population	1,693 → 1,753 (+3.5%)	2,785 → 2,556 (-8.2%)
Median household income	$55,208 → $62,684 (+13.5%)	$48,839 → $59,783 (+22.4%)
Median home value	$133,500 → $170,300 (+27.6%)	$159,100 → $233,500 (+46.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,114 → $1,115 (+0.1%)	$1,191 → $1,605 (+34.8%)

Pumpkin Center

Population

1,6931,753

Median household income

$55,208$62,684

Median home value

$133,500$170,300

Median gross rent

$1,114$1,115

Sneads Ferry

Population

2,7852,556

Median household income

$48,839$59,783

Median home value

$159,100$233,500

Median gross rent

$1,191$1,605

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pumpkin Center	Sneads Ferry
Under 5	0.0%	8.3%
5 to 17	27.5%	9.9%
18 to 24	11.0%	7.5%
25 to 34	16.8%	20.7%
35 to 44	4.4%	9.8%
45 to 54	14.7%	12.6%
55 to 64	11.8%	13.8%
65 to 74	10.2%	6.5%
75 and over	3.8%	10.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pumpkin Center	Sneads Ferry
White (non-Hispanic)	80.9%	78.1%
Black or African American	13.3%	4.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	2.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	12.7%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pumpkin Center	Sneads Ferry
No high school diploma	8.1%	7.6%
High school graduate	33.2%	26.3%
Some college or associate's	39.9%	45.9%
Bachelor's degree	13.1%	15.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	5.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pumpkin Center	Sneads Ferry
Drove alone	78.7%	72.4%
Carpooled	6.6%	5.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.3%	16.8%
Other means	4.4%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pumpkin Center	Sneads Ferry
1-unit, detached	97.5%	66.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	15.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.5%	11.5%

Poverty & households

	Pumpkin Center	Sneads Ferry
Poverty rate	3.4%	19.7%
Average household size	2.56	1.98
Mean commute (minutes)	27	32
Median year structure built	1980	1987