Farmville vs Grimesland

A side-by-side comparison of Farmville and Grimesland: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Farmville has the higher population (4,493 vs 428 in Grimesland). Farmville has the higher median household income ($50,870 vs $35,417 in Grimesland). Farmville has the higher median home value ($184,900 vs $162,500 in Grimesland).

Population, income & housing

	Farmville	Grimesland
Population	4,493	428
Median age	41.6 yrs	33.3 yrs
Median household income	$50,870	$35,417
Median home value	$184,900	$162,500
Median gross rent	$1,019	$1,000
Housing units	2,238	210
Homeownership rate	55.3%	72.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.2%	15.0%
Unemployment rate	1.0%	16.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Farmville	Grimesland
Population	4,712 → 4,493 (-4.6%)	454 → 428 (-5.7%)
Median household income	$43,083 → $50,870 (+18.1%)	$46,094 → $35,417 (-23.2%)
Median home value	$141,600 → $184,900 (+30.6%)	$64,200 → $162,500 (+153.1%)
Median gross rent	$712 → $1,019 (+43.1%)	$694 → $1,000 (+44.1%)

Farmville

Population

4,7124,493

Median household income

$43,083$50,870

Median home value

$141,600$184,900

Median gross rent

$712$1,019

Grimesland

Population

454428

Median household income

$46,094$35,417

Median home value

$64,200$162,500

Median gross rent

$694$1,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Farmville	Grimesland
Under 5	3.7%	8.4%
5 to 17	23.6%	19.6%
18 to 24	3.5%	11.2%
25 to 34	13.5%	12.6%
35 to 44	7.3%	6.3%
45 to 54	9.3%	12.4%
55 to 64	12.6%	7.9%
65 to 74	19.5%	15.2%
75 and over	7.0%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Farmville	Grimesland
White (non-Hispanic)	45.1%	53.7%
Black or African American	44.2%	19.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.5%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.9%
Two or more races	4.6%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	6.2%	20.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Farmville	Grimesland
No high school diploma	15.4%	13.5%
High school graduate	26.3%	39.2%
Some college or associate's	32.1%	32.3%
Bachelor's degree	15.9%	7.7%
Graduate or professional degree	10.3%	7.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Farmville	Grimesland
Drove alone	71.4%	78.0%
Carpooled	14.0%	11.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.5%	10.6%
Other means	2.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Farmville	Grimesland
1-unit, detached	84.7%	83.3%
1-unit, attached	3.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.3%	3.3%
5 to 19 units	2.1%	1.0%
20 or more units	1.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	12.4%

Poverty & households

	Farmville	Grimesland
Poverty rate	27.0%	27.3%
Average household size	2.19	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	30	29
Median year structure built	1976	1977