Elrod vs Raemon

A side-by-side comparison of Elrod and Raemon: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Raemon has the higher population (257 vs 245 in Elrod). Since 2019, Raemon's population has grown faster (+30.5% vs -70.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Elrod	Raemon
Population	245	257
Median age	36.7 yrs	44.9 yrs
Median household income	$25,938	—
Median home value	—	$81,600
Median gross rent	$776	—
Housing units	125	121
Homeownership rate	52.0%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.3%	6.3%
Unemployment rate	17.6%	48.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elrod	Raemon
Population	825 → 245 (-70.3%)	197 → 257 (+30.5%)
Median household income	$20,000 → $25,938 (+29.7%)	—
Median home value	$83,300 → $55,700 (-33.1%)	$24,400 → $81,600 (+234.4%)
Median gross rent	$645 → $776 (+20.3%)	$655 → $625 (-4.6%)

Elrod

Population

825245

Median household income

$20,000$25,938

Median home value

$83,300$55,700

Median gross rent

$645$776

Raemon

Population

197257

Median home value

$24,400$81,600

Median gross rent

$655$625

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elrod	Raemon
Under 5	0.0%	3.1%
5 to 17	26.5%	7.8%
18 to 24	11.0%	27.6%
25 to 34	6.1%	0.0%
35 to 44	15.9%	11.7%
45 to 54	13.9%	11.7%
55 to 64	15.9%	16.0%
65 to 74	6.9%	19.5%
75 and over	3.7%	2.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elrod	Raemon
White (non-Hispanic)	9.0%	2.7%
Black or African American	7.3%	4.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	83.7%	91.8%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elrod	Raemon
No high school diploma	45.1%	24.7%
High school graduate	26.1%	37.3%
Some college or associate's	12.4%	31.6%
Bachelor's degree	10.5%	6.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.9%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elrod	Raemon
Drove alone	88.6%	95.7%
Carpooled	0.0%	4.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.4%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elrod	Raemon
1-unit, detached	53.6%	24.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	46.4%	76.0%

Poverty & households

	Elrod	Raemon
Poverty rate	35.5%	16.0%
Average household size	1.96	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	18	20
Median year structure built	1979	1995