Ellerbe vs Roberdel

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

Ellerbe and Roberdel 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 227 in Roberdel). Roberdel has the higher median household income ($82,813 vs $48,404 in Ellerbe). Roberdel has the higher median home value ($110,400 vs $107,200 in Ellerbe).

Population, income & housing

	Ellerbe	Roberdel
Population	1,070	227
Median age	31.5 yrs	53.4 yrs
Median household income	$48,404	$82,813
Median home value	$107,200	$110,400
Median gross rent	$547	—
Housing units	511	77
Homeownership rate	69.3%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.8%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	19.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ellerbe	Roberdel
Population	961 → 1,070 (+11.3%)	369 → 227 (-38.5%)
Median household income	$37,500 → $48,404 (+29.1%)	$80,682 → $82,813 (+2.6%)
Median home value	$82,600 → $107,200 (+29.8%)	$83,300 → $110,400 (+32.5%)
Median gross rent	$555 → $547 (-1.4%)	—

Ellerbe

Population

9611,070

Median household income

$37,500$48,404

Median home value

$82,600$107,200

Median gross rent

$555$547

Roberdel

Population

369227

Median household income

$80,682$82,813

Median home value

$83,300$110,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ellerbe	Roberdel
Under 5	13.3%	6.6%
5 to 17	14.3%	0.0%
18 to 24	10.4%	21.1%
25 to 34	17.7%	0.0%
35 to 44	7.2%	19.4%
45 to 54	14.3%	7.5%
55 to 64	9.2%	40.5%
65 to 74	4.2%	0.0%
75 and over	9.5%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ellerbe	Roberdel
White (non-Hispanic)	36.8%	100.0%
Black or African American	41.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.3%	0.0%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	17.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ellerbe	Roberdel
No high school diploma	27.4%	17.1%
High school graduate	9.8%	56.1%
Some college or associate's	48.0%	26.8%
Bachelor's degree	8.0%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.8%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ellerbe	Roberdel
Drove alone	80.4%	100.0%
Carpooled	14.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	5.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ellerbe	Roberdel
1-unit, detached	71.6%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	5.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	18.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Ellerbe	Roberdel
Poverty rate	16.0%	0.0%
Average household size	2.36	2.95
Mean commute (minutes)	38	—
Median year structure built	1975	1991