Bostic vs Ellenboro

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

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

Ellenboro has the higher population (899 vs 363 in Bostic). Bostic has the higher median household income ($56,563 vs $50,625 in Ellenboro). Bostic has the higher median home value ($156,300 vs $104,500 in Ellenboro).

Population, income & housing

	Bostic	Ellenboro
Population	363	899
Median age	40.3 yrs	27.6 yrs
Median household income	$56,563	$50,625
Median home value	$156,300	$104,500
Median gross rent	$836	$719
Housing units	176	348
Homeownership rate	65.8%	58.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.8%	10.7%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bostic	Ellenboro
Population	302 → 363 (+20.2%)	684 → 899 (+31.4%)
Median household income	$33,438 → $56,563 (+69.2%)	$29,219 → $50,625 (+73.3%)
Median home value	$88,500 → $156,300 (+76.6%)	$76,900 → $104,500 (+35.9%)
Median gross rent	$508 → $836 (+64.6%)	$715 → $719 (+0.6%)

Bostic

Population

302363

Median household income

$33,438$56,563

Median home value

$88,500$156,300

Median gross rent

$508$836

Ellenboro

Population

684899

Median household income

$29,219$50,625

Median home value

$76,900$104,500

Median gross rent

$715$719

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bostic	Ellenboro
Under 5	5.8%	10.7%
5 to 17	17.6%	24.9%
18 to 24	6.3%	8.2%
25 to 34	12.4%	14.2%
35 to 44	12.4%	13.2%
45 to 54	8.0%	6.1%
55 to 64	16.5%	11.5%
65 to 74	14.6%	7.7%
75 and over	6.3%	3.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bostic	Ellenboro
White (non-Hispanic)	89.5%	82.8%
Black or African American	6.1%	7.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	1.7%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.8%	8.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bostic	Ellenboro
No high school diploma	16.1%	18.8%
High school graduate	19.6%	41.4%
Some college or associate's	43.5%	29.1%
Bachelor's degree	14.5%	8.1%
Graduate or professional degree	6.3%	2.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bostic	Ellenboro
Drove alone	90.6%	83.2%
Carpooled	6.9%	9.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.5%	4.8%
Other means	0.0%	3.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bostic	Ellenboro
1-unit, detached	74.4%	70.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.8%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	21.6%	24.7%

Poverty & households

	Bostic	Ellenboro
Poverty rate	15.1%	24.4%
Average household size	2.49	2.99
Mean commute (minutes)	26	20
Median year structure built	1975	1975