Dudley vs Goldsboro

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

Dudley 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 2,320 in Dudley). Goldsboro has the higher median household income ($47,005 vs $46,389 in Dudley). Goldsboro has the higher median home value ($173,700 vs $100,700 in Dudley).

Population, income & housing

	Dudley	Goldsboro
Population	2,320	33,448
Median age	27.5 yrs	36.7 yrs
Median household income	$46,389	$47,005
Median home value	$100,700	$173,700
Median gross rent	$728	$956
Housing units	733	16,974
Homeownership rate	64.4%	39.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.7%	21.4%
Unemployment rate	1.1%	7.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dudley	Goldsboro
Population	1,841 → 2,320 (+26.0%)	34,647 → 33,448 (-3.5%)
Median household income	$63,484 → $46,389 (-26.9%)	$34,083 → $47,005 (+37.9%)
Median home value	$77,400 → $100,700 (+30.1%)	$127,300 → $173,700 (+36.4%)
Median gross rent	$652 → $728 (+11.7%)	$791 → $956 (+20.9%)

Dudley

Population

1,8412,320

Median household income

$63,484$46,389

Median home value

$77,400$100,700

Median gross rent

$652$728

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)

	Dudley	Goldsboro
Under 5	15.3%	6.4%
5 to 17	18.1%	16.9%
18 to 24	15.0%	10.3%
25 to 34	8.9%	13.8%
35 to 44	15.0%	11.5%
45 to 54	14.3%	10.1%
55 to 64	4.8%	12.6%
65 to 74	5.5%	10.1%
75 and over	3.0%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dudley	Goldsboro
White (non-Hispanic)	1.4%	34.3%
Black or African American	42.1%	53.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.2%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	54.3%	5.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dudley	Goldsboro
No high school diploma	48.9%	11.7%
High school graduate	29.7%	31.3%
Some college or associate's	2.7%	35.6%
Bachelor's degree	18.7%	12.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	8.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dudley	Goldsboro
Drove alone	71.4%	78.6%
Carpooled	11.6%	13.2%
Public transit	0.0%	1.3%
Walked	0.0%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	17.0%	4.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dudley	Goldsboro
1-unit, detached	12.8%	52.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	6.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	16.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	11.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	9.5%
Mobile home & other	87.2%	3.7%

Poverty & households

	Dudley	Goldsboro
Poverty rate	28.7%	20.8%
Average household size	3.56	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	25	17
Median year structure built	1991	1974