Plymouth vs Roper

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

Plymouth and Roper 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 586 in Roper). Plymouth has the higher median household income ($30,462 vs $19,155 in Roper). Plymouth has the higher median home value ($83,900 vs $72,100 in Roper).

Population, income & housing

	Plymouth	Roper
Population	3,264	586
Median age	54.1 yrs	40.9 yrs
Median household income	$30,462	$19,155
Median home value	$83,900	$72,100
Median gross rent	$819	$645
Housing units	1,968	378
Homeownership rate	47.9%	43.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.9%	6.4%
Unemployment rate	19.4%	29.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Plymouth	Roper
Population	3,478 → 3,264 (-6.2%)	751 → 586 (-22.0%)
Median household income	$18,490 → $30,462 (+64.7%)	$16,797 → $19,155 (+14.0%)
Median home value	$86,900 → $83,900 (-3.5%)	$61,400 → $72,100 (+17.4%)
Median gross rent	$536 → $819 (+52.8%)	$467 → $645 (+38.1%)

Plymouth

Population

3,4783,264

Median household income

$18,490$30,462

Median home value

$86,900$83,900

Median gross rent

$536$819

Roper

Population

751586

Median household income

$16,797$19,155

Median home value

$61,400$72,100

Median gross rent

$467$645

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Plymouth	Roper
Under 5	4.3%	3.8%
5 to 17	14.8%	24.9%
18 to 24	9.2%	1.7%
25 to 34	7.8%	3.8%
35 to 44	6.4%	18.9%
45 to 54	9.5%	11.1%
55 to 64	19.8%	8.2%
65 to 74	19.7%	12.8%
75 and over	8.6%	14.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Plymouth	Roper
White (non-Hispanic)	29.7%	7.8%
Black or African American	69.7%	66.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
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	0.4%	26.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Plymouth	Roper
No high school diploma	14.6%	29.7%
High school graduate	41.2%	44.6%
Some college or associate's	38.3%	19.4%
Bachelor's degree	2.1%	5.4%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	1.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Plymouth	Roper
Drove alone	78.1%	28.7%
Carpooled	14.0%	59.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.1%	6.5%
Other means	3.5%	5.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Plymouth	Roper
1-unit, detached	76.6%	60.3%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	13.7%	21.2%
5 to 19 units	0.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.6%
Mobile home & other	8.3%	10.3%

Poverty & households

	Plymouth	Roper
Poverty rate	34.5%	47.8%
Average household size	2.10	1.99
Mean commute (minutes)	21	20
Median year structure built	1963	1972