Carrboro vs Efland

A side-by-side comparison of Carrboro and Efland: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Carrboro has the higher population (21,170 vs 1,064 in Efland). Carrboro has the higher median household income ($85,927 vs $72,396 in Efland). Carrboro has the higher median home value ($507,100 vs $192,900 in Efland).

Population, income & housing

	Carrboro	Efland
Population	21,170	1,064
Median age	34.0 yrs	43.7 yrs
Median household income	$85,927	$72,396
Median home value	$507,100	$192,900
Median gross rent	$1,337	—
Housing units	10,159	539
Homeownership rate	43.6%	80.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	70.4%	38.9%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carrboro	Efland
Population	21,230 → 21,170 (-0.3%)	668 → 1,064 (+59.3%)
Median household income	$58,702 → $85,927 (+46.4%)	$75,795 → $72,396 (-4.5%)
Median home value	$368,800 → $507,100 (+37.5%)	$201,600 → $192,900 (-4.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,078 → $1,337 (+24.0%)	—

Carrboro

Population

21,23021,170

Median household income

$58,702$85,927

Median home value

$368,800$507,100

Median gross rent

$1,078$1,337

Efland

Population

6681,064

Median household income

$75,795$72,396

Median home value

$201,600$192,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carrboro	Efland
Under 5	4.2%	0.0%
5 to 17	17.0%	28.6%
18 to 24	11.5%	8.8%
25 to 34	18.3%	3.7%
35 to 44	14.6%	18.4%
45 to 54	14.2%	17.6%
55 to 64	10.2%	14.0%
65 to 74	5.7%	7.8%
75 and over	4.2%	1.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carrboro	Efland
White (non-Hispanic)	64.0%	90.3%
Black or African American	12.8%	9.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	7.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.4%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	11.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carrboro	Efland
No high school diploma	5.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	7.1%	14.9%
Some college or associate's	17.5%	46.2%
Bachelor's degree	26.9%	18.6%
Graduate or professional degree	43.5%	20.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carrboro	Efland
Drove alone	52.5%	81.7%
Carpooled	7.1%	0.0%
Public transit	7.7%	0.0%
Walked	3.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	4.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	23.9%	18.3%
Other means	1.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carrboro	Efland
1-unit, detached	43.5%	80.1%
1-unit, attached	8.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.6%	2.2%
5 to 19 units	30.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	11.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	17.6%

Poverty & households

	Carrboro	Efland
Poverty rate	11.3%	0.0%
Average household size	2.24	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	23	30
Median year structure built	1986	1991