Ellerbe vs Hamlet

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

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

Hamlet has the higher population (6,000 vs 1,070 in Ellerbe). Ellerbe has the higher median household income ($48,404 vs $38,500 in Hamlet). Ellerbe has the higher median home value ($107,200 vs $103,800 in Hamlet).

Population, income & housing

	Ellerbe	Hamlet
Population	1,070	6,000
Median age	31.5 yrs	41.5 yrs
Median household income	$48,404	$38,500
Median home value	$107,200	$103,800
Median gross rent	$547	$553
Housing units	511	2,992
Homeownership rate	69.3%	55.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.8%	9.8%
Unemployment rate	19.2%	12.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ellerbe	Hamlet
Population	961 → 1,070 (+11.3%)	6,331 → 6,000 (-5.2%)
Median household income	$37,500 → $48,404 (+29.1%)	$35,221 → $38,500 (+9.3%)
Median home value	$82,600 → $107,200 (+29.8%)	$90,600 → $103,800 (+14.6%)
Median gross rent	$555 → $547 (-1.4%)	$586 → $553 (-5.6%)

Ellerbe

Population

9611,070

Median household income

$37,500$48,404

Median home value

$82,600$107,200

Median gross rent

$555$547

Hamlet

Population

6,3316,000

Median household income

$35,221$38,500

Median home value

$90,600$103,800

Median gross rent

$586$553

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ellerbe	Hamlet
Under 5	13.3%	3.0%
5 to 17	14.3%	18.4%
18 to 24	10.4%	12.3%
25 to 34	17.7%	8.9%
35 to 44	7.2%	13.8%
45 to 54	14.3%	14.7%
55 to 64	9.2%	9.6%
65 to 74	4.2%	10.7%
75 and over	9.5%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ellerbe	Hamlet
White (non-Hispanic)	36.8%	54.5%
Black or African American	41.9%	41.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.3%	1.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.9%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	17.1%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ellerbe	Hamlet
No high school diploma	27.4%	15.3%
High school graduate	9.8%	33.6%
Some college or associate's	48.0%	41.3%
Bachelor's degree	8.0%	7.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.8%	2.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ellerbe	Hamlet
Drove alone	80.4%	83.4%
Carpooled	14.0%	9.0%
Public transit	0.0%	1.7%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	5.5%
Other means	5.6%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ellerbe	Hamlet
1-unit, detached	71.6%	76.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	4.7%	15.0%
5 to 19 units	5.1%	1.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.3%
Mobile home & other	18.6%	1.7%

Poverty & households

	Ellerbe	Hamlet
Poverty rate	16.0%	22.1%
Average household size	2.36	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	38	24
Median year structure built	1975	1963