Dobbins Heights vs Ellerbe

A side-by-side comparison of Dobbins Heights and Ellerbe: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Ellerbe has the higher population (1,070 vs 711 in Dobbins Heights). Ellerbe has the higher median household income ($48,404 vs $21,389 in Dobbins Heights). Ellerbe has the higher median home value ($107,200 vs $50,800 in Dobbins Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Dobbins Heights	Ellerbe
Population	711	1,070
Median age	48.9 yrs	31.5 yrs
Median household income	$21,389	$48,404
Median home value	$50,800	$107,200
Median gross rent	$665	$547
Housing units	459	511
Homeownership rate	53.6%	69.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	2.6%	14.8%
Unemployment rate	31.3%	19.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dobbins Heights	Ellerbe
Population	874 → 711 (-18.6%)	961 → 1,070 (+11.3%)
Median household income	$23,382 → $21,389 (-8.5%)	$37,500 → $48,404 (+29.1%)
Median home value	$50,300 → $50,800 (+1.0%)	$82,600 → $107,200 (+29.8%)
Median gross rent	$463 → $665 (+43.6%)	$555 → $547 (-1.4%)

Dobbins Heights

Population

874711

Median household income

$23,382$21,389

Median home value

$50,300$50,800

Median gross rent

$463$665

Ellerbe

Population

9611,070

Median household income

$37,500$48,404

Median home value

$82,600$107,200

Median gross rent

$555$547

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dobbins Heights	Ellerbe
Under 5	0.0%	13.3%
5 to 17	11.7%	14.3%
18 to 24	11.4%	10.4%
25 to 34	16.6%	17.7%
35 to 44	9.4%	7.2%
45 to 54	7.5%	14.3%
55 to 64	24.8%	9.2%
65 to 74	11.5%	4.2%
75 and over	7.2%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dobbins Heights	Ellerbe
White (non-Hispanic)	12.7%	36.8%
Black or African American	81.4%	41.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.0%	1.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.1%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	17.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dobbins Heights	Ellerbe
No high school diploma	13.2%	27.4%
High school graduate	40.8%	9.8%
Some college or associate's	43.5%	48.0%
Bachelor's degree	2.6%	8.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	6.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dobbins Heights	Ellerbe
Drove alone	70.8%	80.4%
Carpooled	20.6%	14.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.6%	0.0%
Other means	5.2%	5.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dobbins Heights	Ellerbe
1-unit, detached	61.7%	71.6%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.5%	4.7%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	5.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	32.9%	18.6%

Poverty & households

	Dobbins Heights	Ellerbe
Poverty rate	40.2%	16.0%
Average household size	1.96	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	40	38
Median year structure built	1974	1975