Ellenboro vs Forest City

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

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

Forest City has the higher population (7,368 vs 899 in Ellenboro). Ellenboro has the higher median household income ($50,625 vs $35,897 in Forest City). Forest City has the higher median home value ($142,100 vs $104,500 in Ellenboro).

Population, income & housing

	Ellenboro	Forest City
Population	899	7,368
Median age	27.6 yrs	34.8 yrs
Median household income	$50,625	$35,897
Median home value	$104,500	$142,100
Median gross rent	$719	$815
Housing units	348	3,244
Homeownership rate	58.3%	41.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.7%	17.2%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	6.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ellenboro	Forest City
Population	684 → 899 (+31.4%)	7,155 → 7,368 (+3.0%)
Median household income	$29,219 → $50,625 (+73.3%)	$27,589 → $35,897 (+30.1%)
Median home value	$76,900 → $104,500 (+35.9%)	$101,400 → $142,100 (+40.1%)
Median gross rent	$715 → $719 (+0.6%)	$592 → $815 (+37.7%)

Ellenboro

Population

684899

Median household income

$29,219$50,625

Median home value

$76,900$104,500

Median gross rent

$715$719

Forest City

Population

7,1557,368

Median household income

$27,589$35,897

Median home value

$101,400$142,100

Median gross rent

$592$815

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ellenboro	Forest City
Under 5	10.7%	9.5%
5 to 17	24.9%	19.3%
18 to 24	8.2%	8.9%
25 to 34	14.2%	12.4%
35 to 44	13.2%	8.5%
45 to 54	6.1%	13.2%
55 to 64	11.5%	11.7%
65 to 74	7.7%	9.9%
75 and over	3.4%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ellenboro	Forest City
White (non-Hispanic)	82.8%	54.0%
Black or African American	7.1%	25.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	1.8%
Two or more races	8.8%	6.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	10.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ellenboro	Forest City
No high school diploma	18.8%	14.2%
High school graduate	41.4%	35.0%
Some college or associate's	29.1%	33.6%
Bachelor's degree	8.1%	10.4%
Graduate or professional degree	2.6%	6.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ellenboro	Forest City
Drove alone	83.2%	83.0%
Carpooled	9.0%	10.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.8%
Walked	0.0%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.8%	4.7%
Other means	3.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ellenboro	Forest City
1-unit, detached	70.1%	71.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	5.2%	13.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.5%
Mobile home & other	24.7%	3.4%

Poverty & households

	Ellenboro	Forest City
Poverty rate	24.4%	33.6%
Average household size	2.99	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	20	27
Median year structure built	1975	1966