Ellenboro vs Spindale

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

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

Spindale has the higher population (4,244 vs 899 in Ellenboro). Ellenboro has the higher median household income ($50,625 vs $38,509 in Spindale). Spindale has the higher median home value ($130,800 vs $104,500 in Ellenboro).

Population, income & housing

	Ellenboro	Spindale
Population	899	4,244
Median age	27.6 yrs	44.9 yrs
Median household income	$50,625	$38,509
Median home value	$104,500	$130,800
Median gross rent	$719	$707
Housing units	348	2,154
Homeownership rate	58.3%	45.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.7%	14.3%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	11.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ellenboro	Spindale
Population	684 → 899 (+31.4%)	4,190 → 4,244 (+1.3%)
Median household income	$29,219 → $50,625 (+73.3%)	$32,083 → $38,509 (+20.0%)
Median home value	$76,900 → $104,500 (+35.9%)	$89,000 → $130,800 (+47.0%)
Median gross rent	$715 → $719 (+0.6%)	$583 → $707 (+21.3%)

Ellenboro

Population

684899

Median household income

$29,219$50,625

Median home value

$76,900$104,500

Median gross rent

$715$719

Spindale

Population

4,1904,244

Median household income

$32,083$38,509

Median home value

$89,000$130,800

Median gross rent

$583$707

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ellenboro	Spindale
Under 5	10.7%	0.4%
5 to 17	24.9%	10.6%
18 to 24	8.2%	10.5%
25 to 34	14.2%	9.6%
35 to 44	13.2%	19.3%
45 to 54	6.1%	15.3%
55 to 64	11.5%	13.9%
65 to 74	7.7%	14.4%
75 and over	3.4%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ellenboro	Spindale
White (non-Hispanic)	82.8%	79.1%
Black or African American	7.1%	14.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	1.2%
Two or more races	8.8%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ellenboro	Spindale
No high school diploma	18.8%	16.9%
High school graduate	41.4%	29.0%
Some college or associate's	29.1%	39.8%
Bachelor's degree	8.1%	9.7%
Graduate or professional degree	2.6%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ellenboro	Spindale
Drove alone	83.2%	77.5%
Carpooled	9.0%	12.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.2%
Worked from home	4.8%	7.6%
Other means	3.0%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ellenboro	Spindale
1-unit, detached	70.1%	76.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.2%	5.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	10.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.7%
Mobile home & other	24.7%	2.0%

Poverty & households

	Ellenboro	Spindale
Poverty rate	24.4%	16.9%
Average household size	2.99	1.97
Mean commute (minutes)	20	24
Median year structure built	1975	1958