Brogden vs Goldsboro

A side-by-side comparison of Brogden and Goldsboro: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Goldsboro has the higher population (33,448 vs 2,712 in Brogden). Goldsboro has the higher median household income ($47,005 vs $28,885 in Brogden). Goldsboro has the higher median home value ($173,700 vs $96,100 in Brogden).

Population, income & housing

	Brogden	Goldsboro
Population	2,712	33,448
Median age	32.2 yrs	36.7 yrs
Median household income	$28,885	$47,005
Median home value	$96,100	$173,700
Median gross rent	$947	$956
Housing units	1,063	16,974
Homeownership rate	68.3%	39.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.5%	21.4%
Unemployment rate	9.9%	7.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brogden	Goldsboro
Population	2,279 → 2,712 (+19.0%)	34,647 → 33,448 (-3.5%)
Median household income	$38,565 → $28,885 (-25.1%)	$34,083 → $47,005 (+37.9%)
Median home value	$82,700 → $96,100 (+16.2%)	$127,300 → $173,700 (+36.4%)
Median gross rent	$694 → $947 (+36.5%)	$791 → $956 (+20.9%)

Brogden

Population

2,2792,712

Median household income

$38,565$28,885

Median home value

$82,700$96,100

Median gross rent

$694$947

Goldsboro

Population

34,64733,448

Median household income

$34,083$47,005

Median home value

$127,300$173,700

Median gross rent

$791$956

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brogden	Goldsboro
Under 5	1.9%	6.4%
5 to 17	25.0%	16.9%
18 to 24	5.1%	10.3%
25 to 34	24.0%	13.8%
35 to 44	5.8%	11.5%
45 to 54	10.8%	10.1%
55 to 64	6.9%	12.6%
65 to 74	15.1%	10.1%
75 and over	5.5%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brogden	Goldsboro
White (non-Hispanic)	29.6%	34.3%
Black or African American	41.7%	53.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.5%	0.2%
Two or more races	5.2%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	22.9%	5.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brogden	Goldsboro
No high school diploma	23.1%	11.7%
High school graduate	34.6%	31.3%
Some college or associate's	36.7%	35.6%
Bachelor's degree	5.5%	12.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	8.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brogden	Goldsboro
Drove alone	59.0%	78.6%
Carpooled	36.5%	13.2%
Public transit	0.0%	1.3%
Walked	0.6%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	3.9%	4.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brogden	Goldsboro
1-unit, detached	69.0%	52.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	6.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	16.0%
5 to 19 units	0.7%	11.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	9.5%
Mobile home & other	30.3%	3.7%

Poverty & households

	Brogden	Goldsboro
Poverty rate	39.9%	20.8%
Average household size	2.69	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	24	17
Median year structure built	1977	1974