Dudley vs Mar-Mac

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

Dudley 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 2,320 in Dudley). Mar-Mac has the higher median household income ($53,125 vs $46,389 in Dudley). Mar-Mac has the higher median home value ($139,800 vs $100,700 in Dudley).

Population, income & housing

	Dudley	Mar-Mac
Population	2,320	2,802
Median age	27.5 yrs	39.9 yrs
Median household income	$46,389	$53,125
Median home value	$100,700	$139,800
Median gross rent	$728	$889
Housing units	733	1,401
Homeownership rate	64.4%	63.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.7%	19.7%
Unemployment rate	1.1%	9.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dudley	Mar-Mac
Population	1,841 → 2,320 (+26.0%)	3,368 → 2,802 (-16.8%)
Median household income	$63,484 → $46,389 (-26.9%)	$44,143 → $53,125 (+20.3%)
Median home value	$77,400 → $100,700 (+30.1%)	$128,200 → $139,800 (+9.0%)
Median gross rent	$652 → $728 (+11.7%)	$699 → $889 (+27.2%)

Dudley

Population

1,8412,320

Median household income

$63,484$46,389

Median home value

$77,400$100,700

Median gross rent

$652$728

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)

	Dudley	Mar-Mac
Under 5	15.3%	7.4%
5 to 17	18.1%	17.0%
18 to 24	15.0%	11.1%
25 to 34	8.9%	12.9%
35 to 44	15.0%	7.2%
45 to 54	14.3%	13.5%
55 to 64	4.8%	12.1%
65 to 74	5.5%	11.0%
75 and over	3.0%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dudley	Mar-Mac
White (non-Hispanic)	1.4%	42.6%
Black or African American	42.1%	30.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	54.3%	24.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dudley	Mar-Mac
No high school diploma	48.9%	18.2%
High school graduate	29.7%	37.0%
Some college or associate's	2.7%	25.2%
Bachelor's degree	18.7%	14.6%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	5.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dudley	Mar-Mac
Drove alone	71.4%	94.5%
Carpooled	11.6%	4.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.0%	1.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dudley	Mar-Mac
1-unit, detached	12.8%	50.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	8.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	10.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	87.2%	29.3%

Poverty & households

	Dudley	Mar-Mac
Poverty rate	28.7%	21.5%
Average household size	3.56	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	25	26
Median year structure built	1991	1984