Creswell vs Plymouth

A side-by-side comparison of Creswell and Plymouth: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Plymouth has the higher population (3,264 vs 205 in Creswell). Creswell has the higher median household income ($34,028 vs $30,462 in Plymouth). Creswell has the higher median home value ($119,600 vs $83,900 in Plymouth).

Population, income & housing

	Creswell	Plymouth
Population	205	3,264
Median age	40.3 yrs	54.1 yrs
Median household income	$34,028	$30,462
Median home value	$119,600	$83,900
Median gross rent	—	$819
Housing units	116	1,968
Homeownership rate	42.9%	47.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.4%	5.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	19.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Creswell	Plymouth
Population	189 → 205 (+8.5%)	3,478 → 3,264 (-6.2%)
Median household income	$24,922 → $34,028 (+36.5%)	$18,490 → $30,462 (+64.7%)
Median home value	$112,500 → $119,600 (+6.3%)	$86,900 → $83,900 (-3.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$536 → $819 (+52.8%)

Creswell

Population

189205

Median household income

$24,922$34,028

Median home value

$112,500$119,600

Plymouth

Population

3,4783,264

Median household income

$18,490$30,462

Median home value

$86,900$83,900

Median gross rent

$536$819

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Creswell	Plymouth
Under 5	7.3%	4.3%
5 to 17	22.0%	14.8%
18 to 24	6.3%	9.2%
25 to 34	11.7%	7.8%
35 to 44	12.7%	6.4%
45 to 54	4.9%	9.5%
55 to 64	6.8%	19.8%
65 to 74	14.1%	19.7%
75 and over	14.1%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Creswell	Plymouth
White (non-Hispanic)	25.9%	29.7%
Black or African American	74.1%	69.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Creswell	Plymouth
No high school diploma	10.6%	14.6%
High school graduate	22.7%	41.2%
Some college or associate's	55.3%	38.3%
Bachelor's degree	6.1%	2.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	3.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Creswell	Plymouth
Drove alone	85.5%	78.1%
Carpooled	14.5%	14.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	0.0%	2.1%
Other means	0.0%	3.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Creswell	Plymouth
1-unit, detached	59.5%	76.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	22.4%	13.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	18.1%	8.3%

Poverty & households

	Creswell	Plymouth
Poverty rate	31.2%	34.5%
Average household size	2.25	2.10
Mean commute (minutes)	43	21
Median year structure built	1960	1963