Elroy vs Mar-Mac

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

Elroy 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.

Elroy has the higher population (3,507 vs 2,802 in Mar-Mac). Elroy has the higher median household income ($54,375 vs $53,125 in Mar-Mac). Mar-Mac has the higher median home value ($139,800 vs $120,500 in Elroy).

Population, income & housing

	Elroy	Mar-Mac
Population	3,507	2,802
Median age	41.7 yrs	39.9 yrs
Median household income	$54,375	$53,125
Median home value	$120,500	$139,800
Median gross rent	$920	$889
Housing units	1,528	1,401
Homeownership rate	73.0%	63.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.8%	19.7%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	9.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elroy	Mar-Mac
Population	3,949 → 3,507 (-11.2%)	3,368 → 2,802 (-16.8%)
Median household income	$44,691 → $54,375 (+21.7%)	$44,143 → $53,125 (+20.3%)
Median home value	$94,400 → $120,500 (+27.6%)	$128,200 → $139,800 (+9.0%)
Median gross rent	$736 → $920 (+25.0%)	$699 → $889 (+27.2%)

Elroy

Population

3,9493,507

Median household income

$44,691$54,375

Median home value

$94,400$120,500

Median gross rent

$736$920

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)

	Elroy	Mar-Mac
Under 5	5.5%	7.4%
5 to 17	15.4%	17.0%
18 to 24	8.6%	11.1%
25 to 34	13.6%	12.9%
35 to 44	13.2%	7.2%
45 to 54	12.2%	13.5%
55 to 64	13.4%	12.1%
65 to 74	11.4%	11.0%
75 and over	6.7%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elroy	Mar-Mac
White (non-Hispanic)	53.0%	42.6%
Black or African American	28.1%	30.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	2.2%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.8%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	14.7%	24.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elroy	Mar-Mac
No high school diploma	14.5%	18.2%
High school graduate	32.2%	37.0%
Some college or associate's	40.5%	25.2%
Bachelor's degree	7.6%	14.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	5.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elroy	Mar-Mac
Drove alone	85.4%	94.5%
Carpooled	8.0%	4.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.5%	1.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elroy	Mar-Mac
1-unit, detached	61.5%	50.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	6.0%	8.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	10.8%
20 or more units	0.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	31.9%	29.3%

Poverty & households

	Elroy	Mar-Mac
Poverty rate	15.8%	21.5%
Average household size	2.48	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	20	26
Median year structure built	1978	1984