Bayboro vs Oriental

A side-by-side comparison of Bayboro and Oriental: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Bayboro has the higher population (1,282 vs 930 in Oriental). Oriental has the higher median household income ($57,875 vs $28,125 in Bayboro). Oriental has the higher median home value ($406,800 vs $133,400 in Bayboro).

Population, income & housing

	Bayboro	Oriental
Population	1,282	930
Median age	45.4 yrs	68.7 yrs
Median household income	$28,125	$57,875
Median home value	$133,400	$406,800
Median gross rent	$971	$1,106
Housing units	378	817
Homeownership rate	70.7%	81.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.7%	52.6%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bayboro	Oriental
Population	1,210 → 1,282 (+6.0%)	994 → 930 (-6.4%)
Median household income	$35,338 → $28,125 (-20.4%)	$53,631 → $57,875 (+7.9%)
Median home value	$77,000 → $133,400 (+73.2%)	$273,300 → $406,800 (+48.8%)
Median gross rent	$733 → $971 (+32.5%)	$963 → $1,106 (+14.8%)

Bayboro

Population

1,2101,282

Median household income

$35,338$28,125

Median home value

$77,000$133,400

Median gross rent

$733$971

Oriental

Population

994930

Median household income

$53,631$57,875

Median home value

$273,300$406,800

Median gross rent

$963$1,106

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bayboro	Oriental
Under 5	1.2%	0.4%
5 to 17	6.8%	2.4%
18 to 24	3.3%	0.8%
25 to 34	12.6%	0.4%
35 to 44	23.6%	1.8%
45 to 54	19.2%	6.8%
55 to 64	19.6%	24.1%
65 to 74	6.9%	39.9%
75 and over	6.8%	23.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bayboro	Oriental
White (non-Hispanic)	35.7%	91.8%
Black or African American	54.4%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	6.8%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	5.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bayboro	Oriental
No high school diploma	11.3%	2.2%
High school graduate	50.6%	14.4%
Some college or associate's	33.3%	30.8%
Bachelor's degree	1.4%	25.5%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	27.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bayboro	Oriental
Drove alone	93.6%	67.2%
Carpooled	5.1%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.9%	1.6%
Worked from home	0.4%	28.8%
Other means	0.0%	2.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bayboro	Oriental
1-unit, detached	73.0%	76.0%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	3.2%	12.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	22.5%	2.7%

Poverty & households

	Bayboro	Oriental
Poverty rate	15.8%	6.3%
Average household size	2.02	1.62
Mean commute (minutes)	16	14
Median year structure built	1969	1990