Elroy vs Goldsboro

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

Elroy 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 3,507 in Elroy). Elroy has the higher median household income ($54,375 vs $47,005 in Goldsboro). Goldsboro has the higher median home value ($173,700 vs $120,500 in Elroy).

Population, income & housing

	Elroy	Goldsboro
Population	3,507	33,448
Median age	41.7 yrs	36.7 yrs
Median household income	$54,375	$47,005
Median home value	$120,500	$173,700
Median gross rent	$920	$956
Housing units	1,528	16,974
Homeownership rate	73.0%	39.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.8%	21.4%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	7.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elroy	Goldsboro
Population	3,949 → 3,507 (-11.2%)	34,647 → 33,448 (-3.5%)
Median household income	$44,691 → $54,375 (+21.7%)	$34,083 → $47,005 (+37.9%)
Median home value	$94,400 → $120,500 (+27.6%)	$127,300 → $173,700 (+36.4%)
Median gross rent	$736 → $920 (+25.0%)	$791 → $956 (+20.9%)

Elroy

Population

3,9493,507

Median household income

$44,691$54,375

Median home value

$94,400$120,500

Median gross rent

$736$920

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)

	Elroy	Goldsboro
Under 5	5.5%	6.4%
5 to 17	15.4%	16.9%
18 to 24	8.6%	10.3%
25 to 34	13.6%	13.8%
35 to 44	13.2%	11.5%
45 to 54	12.2%	10.1%
55 to 64	13.4%	12.6%
65 to 74	11.4%	10.1%
75 and over	6.7%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elroy	Goldsboro
White (non-Hispanic)	53.0%	34.3%
Black or African American	28.1%	53.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	2.2%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.2%	0.2%
Two or more races	1.8%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	14.7%	5.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elroy	Goldsboro
No high school diploma	14.5%	11.7%
High school graduate	32.2%	31.3%
Some college or associate's	40.5%	35.6%
Bachelor's degree	7.6%	12.9%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	8.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elroy	Goldsboro
Drove alone	85.4%	78.6%
Carpooled	8.0%	13.2%
Public transit	0.0%	1.3%
Walked	1.1%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	5.5%	4.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elroy	Goldsboro
1-unit, detached	61.5%	52.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	6.6%
2 to 4 units	6.0%	16.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	11.3%
20 or more units	0.7%	9.5%
Mobile home & other	31.9%	3.7%

Poverty & households

	Elroy	Goldsboro
Poverty rate	15.8%	20.8%
Average household size	2.48	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	20	17
Median year structure built	1978	1974