Maxton vs St. Pauls

A side-by-side comparison of Maxton and St. Pauls: population, income, housing, and more.

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

St. Pauls has the higher population (2,628 vs 2,398 in Maxton). St. Pauls has the higher median household income ($33,667 vs $22,632 in Maxton). St. Pauls has the higher median home value ($118,300 vs $79,600 in Maxton).

Population, income & housing

	Maxton	St. Pauls
Population	2,398	2,628
Median age	31.2 yrs	37.3 yrs
Median household income	$22,632	$33,667
Median home value	$79,600	$118,300
Median gross rent	$630	$774
Housing units	1,092	1,047
Homeownership rate	43.1%	52.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.9%	8.0%
Unemployment rate	8.1%	8.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Maxton	St. Pauls
Population	2,549 → 2,398 (-5.9%)	2,107 → 2,628 (+24.7%)
Median household income	$24,800 → $22,632 (-8.7%)	$29,583 → $33,667 (+13.8%)
Median home value	$78,100 → $79,600 (+1.9%)	$81,100 → $118,300 (+45.9%)
Median gross rent	$536 → $630 (+17.5%)	$630 → $774 (+22.9%)

Maxton

Population

2,5492,398

Median household income

$24,800$22,632

Median home value

$78,100$79,600

Median gross rent

$536$630

St. Pauls

Population

2,1072,628

Median household income

$29,583$33,667

Median home value

$81,100$118,300

Median gross rent

$630$774

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Maxton	St. Pauls
Under 5	11.3%	10.0%
5 to 17	22.8%	21.7%
18 to 24	9.2%	6.2%
25 to 34	12.4%	9.7%
35 to 44	10.8%	10.4%
45 to 54	6.9%	13.9%
55 to 64	9.6%	9.0%
65 to 74	13.0%	11.1%
75 and over	4.1%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Maxton	St. Pauls
White (non-Hispanic)	13.4%	35.3%
Black or African American	60.9%	21.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	21.1%	4.7%
Asian	0.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.1%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	35.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Maxton	St. Pauls
No high school diploma	19.1%	33.2%
High school graduate	39.8%	37.6%
Some college or associate's	29.2%	21.2%
Bachelor's degree	9.6%	5.5%
Graduate or professional degree	2.4%	2.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Maxton	St. Pauls
Drove alone	80.2%	82.0%
Carpooled	9.3%	6.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	2.9%
Bicycle	1.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.2%	6.9%
Other means	1.4%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Maxton	St. Pauls
1-unit, detached	67.2%	68.5%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	21.6%	8.7%
5 to 19 units	2.5%	8.9%
20 or more units	0.5%	1.3%
Mobile home & other	7.8%	12.6%

Poverty & households

	Maxton	St. Pauls
Poverty rate	43.1%	38.9%
Average household size	2.58	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	19	21
Median year structure built	1978	1969