Bostic vs Caroleen

A side-by-side comparison of Bostic and Caroleen: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Bostic has the higher population (363 vs 261 in Caroleen). Caroleen has the higher median household income ($81,019 vs $56,563 in Bostic). Since 2019, Bostic's population has grown faster (+20.2% vs -60.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Bostic	Caroleen
Population	363	261
Median age	40.3 yrs	25.0 yrs
Median household income	$56,563	$81,019
Median home value	$156,300	—
Median gross rent	$836	—
Housing units	176	161
Homeownership rate	65.8%	70.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.8%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bostic	Caroleen
Population	302 → 363 (+20.2%)	668 → 261 (-60.9%)
Median household income	$33,438 → $56,563 (+69.2%)	$39,353 → $81,019 (+105.9%)
Median home value	$88,500 → $156,300 (+76.6%)	$107,100 → $111,300 (+3.9%)
Median gross rent	$508 → $836 (+64.6%)	—

Bostic

Population

302363

Median household income

$33,438$56,563

Median home value

$88,500$156,300

Median gross rent

$508$836

Caroleen

Population

668261

Median household income

$39,353$81,019

Median home value

$107,100$111,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bostic	Caroleen
Under 5	5.8%	0.0%
5 to 17	17.6%	32.6%
18 to 24	6.3%	18.0%
25 to 34	12.4%	0.0%
35 to 44	12.4%	23.4%
45 to 54	8.0%	14.6%
55 to 64	16.5%	11.5%
65 to 74	14.6%	0.0%
75 and over	6.3%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bostic	Caroleen
White (non-Hispanic)	89.5%	77.4%
Black or African American	6.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	8.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	14.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bostic	Caroleen
No high school diploma	16.1%	10.1%
High school graduate	19.6%	14.7%
Some college or associate's	43.5%	75.2%
Bachelor's degree	14.5%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.3%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bostic	Caroleen
Drove alone	90.6%	92.6%
Carpooled	6.9%	7.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.5%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bostic	Caroleen
1-unit, detached	74.4%	88.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	21.6%	11.8%

Poverty & households

	Bostic	Caroleen
Poverty rate	15.1%	13.0%
Average household size	2.49	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	26	28
Median year structure built	1975	1958