Ellenboro vs Rutherfordton

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

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

Rutherfordton has the higher population (3,669 vs 899 in Ellenboro). Rutherfordton has the higher median household income ($59,750 vs $50,625 in Ellenboro). Rutherfordton has the higher median home value ($226,900 vs $104,500 in Ellenboro).

Population, income & housing

	Ellenboro	Rutherfordton
Population	899	3,669
Median age	27.6 yrs	39.0 yrs
Median household income	$50,625	$59,750
Median home value	$104,500	$226,900
Median gross rent	$719	$901
Housing units	348	1,691
Homeownership rate	58.3%	65.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.7%	29.5%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	9.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ellenboro	Rutherfordton
Population	684 → 899 (+31.4%)	4,073 → 3,669 (-9.9%)
Median household income	$29,219 → $50,625 (+73.3%)	$47,175 → $59,750 (+26.7%)
Median home value	$76,900 → $104,500 (+35.9%)	$124,000 → $226,900 (+83.0%)
Median gross rent	$715 → $719 (+0.6%)	$783 → $901 (+15.1%)

Ellenboro

Population

684899

Median household income

$29,219$50,625

Median home value

$76,900$104,500

Median gross rent

$715$719

Rutherfordton

Population

4,0733,669

Median household income

$47,175$59,750

Median home value

$124,000$226,900

Median gross rent

$783$901

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ellenboro	Rutherfordton
Under 5	10.7%	6.3%
5 to 17	24.9%	15.9%
18 to 24	8.2%	2.9%
25 to 34	14.2%	19.9%
35 to 44	13.2%	10.4%
45 to 54	6.1%	4.6%
55 to 64	11.5%	14.6%
65 to 74	7.7%	12.3%
75 and over	3.4%	13.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ellenboro	Rutherfordton
White (non-Hispanic)	82.8%	72.2%
Black or African American	7.1%	9.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.4%
Asian	0.9%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.2%
Two or more races	8.8%	9.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	7.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ellenboro	Rutherfordton
No high school diploma	18.8%	10.8%
High school graduate	41.4%	25.7%
Some college or associate's	29.1%	34.1%
Bachelor's degree	8.1%	24.1%
Graduate or professional degree	2.6%	5.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ellenboro	Rutherfordton
Drove alone	83.2%	74.0%
Carpooled	9.0%	17.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.8%	3.8%
Other means	3.0%	4.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ellenboro	Rutherfordton
1-unit, detached	70.1%	78.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	5.1%
2 to 4 units	5.2%	8.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.0%
Mobile home & other	24.7%	1.5%

Poverty & households

	Ellenboro	Rutherfordton
Poverty rate	24.4%	19.1%
Average household size	2.99	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	20	21
Median year structure built	1975	1972