Plain View vs Roseboro

A side-by-side comparison of Plain View and Roseboro: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Plain View has the higher population (1,647 vs 1,007 in Roseboro). Plain View has the higher median household income ($75,058 vs $39,345 in Roseboro). Plain View has the higher median home value ($205,700 vs $110,500 in Roseboro).

Population, income & housing

	Plain View	Roseboro
Population	1,647	1,007
Median age	47.1 yrs	38.6 yrs
Median household income	$75,058	$39,345
Median home value	$205,700	$110,500
Median gross rent	$850	$725
Housing units	783	523
Homeownership rate	83.2%	56.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.6%	17.7%
Unemployment rate	11.1%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Plain View	Roseboro
Population	1,853 → 1,647 (-11.1%)	1,278 → 1,007 (-21.2%)
Median household income	$58,663 → $75,058 (+27.9%)	$30,144 → $39,345 (+30.5%)
Median home value	$152,300 → $205,700 (+35.1%)	$88,900 → $110,500 (+24.3%)
Median gross rent	$525 → $850 (+61.9%)	$549 → $725 (+32.1%)

Plain View

Population

1,8531,647

Median household income

$58,663$75,058

Median home value

$152,300$205,700

Median gross rent

$525$850

Roseboro

Population

1,2781,007

Median household income

$30,144$39,345

Median home value

$88,900$110,500

Median gross rent

$549$725

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Plain View	Roseboro
Under 5	3.3%	11.4%
5 to 17	15.0%	13.4%
18 to 24	13.7%	6.9%
25 to 34	9.7%	13.8%
35 to 44	7.0%	17.3%
45 to 54	10.1%	5.9%
55 to 64	16.8%	13.0%
65 to 74	11.1%	12.4%
75 and over	13.4%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Plain View	Roseboro
White (non-Hispanic)	80.4%	50.8%
Black or African American	14.7%	39.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.6%
Asian	0.4%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.8%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	7.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Plain View	Roseboro
No high school diploma	5.2%	10.0%
High school graduate	50.0%	35.0%
Some college or associate's	31.2%	37.2%
Bachelor's degree	13.0%	16.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.5%	1.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Plain View	Roseboro
Drove alone	77.2%	89.6%
Carpooled	17.4%	7.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.4%	3.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Plain View	Roseboro
1-unit, detached	74.6%	70.2%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	5.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	8.0%
Mobile home & other	22.5%	13.2%

Poverty & households

	Plain View	Roseboro
Poverty rate	10.3%	37.5%
Average household size	2.20	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	36	29
Median year structure built	1995	1970