Brogden vs Mar-Mac

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

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

Mar-Mac has the higher population (2,802 vs 2,712 in Brogden). Mar-Mac has the higher median household income ($53,125 vs $28,885 in Brogden). Mar-Mac has the higher median home value ($139,800 vs $96,100 in Brogden).

Population, income & housing

	Brogden	Mar-Mac
Population	2,712	2,802
Median age	32.2 yrs	39.9 yrs
Median household income	$28,885	$53,125
Median home value	$96,100	$139,800
Median gross rent	$947	$889
Housing units	1,063	1,401
Homeownership rate	68.3%	63.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.5%	19.7%
Unemployment rate	9.9%	9.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brogden	Mar-Mac
Population	2,279 → 2,712 (+19.0%)	3,368 → 2,802 (-16.8%)
Median household income	$38,565 → $28,885 (-25.1%)	$44,143 → $53,125 (+20.3%)
Median home value	$82,700 → $96,100 (+16.2%)	$128,200 → $139,800 (+9.0%)
Median gross rent	$694 → $947 (+36.5%)	$699 → $889 (+27.2%)

Brogden

Population

2,2792,712

Median household income

$38,565$28,885

Median home value

$82,700$96,100

Median gross rent

$694$947

Mar-Mac

Population

3,3682,802

Median household income

$44,143$53,125

Median home value

$128,200$139,800

Median gross rent

$699$889

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brogden	Mar-Mac
Under 5	1.9%	7.4%
5 to 17	25.0%	17.0%
18 to 24	5.1%	11.1%
25 to 34	24.0%	12.9%
35 to 44	5.8%	7.2%
45 to 54	10.8%	13.5%
55 to 64	6.9%	12.1%
65 to 74	15.1%	11.0%
75 and over	5.5%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brogden	Mar-Mac
White (non-Hispanic)	29.6%	42.6%
Black or African American	41.7%	30.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.2%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	22.9%	24.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brogden	Mar-Mac
No high school diploma	23.1%	18.2%
High school graduate	34.6%	37.0%
Some college or associate's	36.7%	25.2%
Bachelor's degree	5.5%	14.6%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	5.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brogden	Mar-Mac
Drove alone	59.0%	94.5%
Carpooled	36.5%	4.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.9%	1.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brogden	Mar-Mac
1-unit, detached	69.0%	50.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	8.7%
5 to 19 units	0.7%	10.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	30.3%	29.3%

Poverty & households

	Brogden	Mar-Mac
Poverty rate	39.9%	21.5%
Average household size	2.69	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	24	26
Median year structure built	1977	1984