Goldsboro vs Mar-Mac

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

Goldsboro 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.

Goldsboro has the higher population (33,448 vs 2,802 in Mar-Mac). Mar-Mac has the higher median household income ($53,125 vs $47,005 in Goldsboro). Goldsboro has the higher median home value ($173,700 vs $139,800 in Mar-Mac).

Population, income & housing

	Goldsboro	Mar-Mac
Population	33,448	2,802
Median age	36.7 yrs	39.9 yrs
Median household income	$47,005	$53,125
Median home value	$173,700	$139,800
Median gross rent	$956	$889
Housing units	16,974	1,401
Homeownership rate	39.2%	63.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.4%	19.7%
Unemployment rate	7.4%	9.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Goldsboro	Mar-Mac
Population	34,647 → 33,448 (-3.5%)	3,368 → 2,802 (-16.8%)
Median household income	$34,083 → $47,005 (+37.9%)	$44,143 → $53,125 (+20.3%)
Median home value	$127,300 → $173,700 (+36.4%)	$128,200 → $139,800 (+9.0%)
Median gross rent	$791 → $956 (+20.9%)	$699 → $889 (+27.2%)

Goldsboro

Population

34,64733,448

Median household income

$34,083$47,005

Median home value

$127,300$173,700

Median gross rent

$791$956

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)

	Goldsboro	Mar-Mac
Under 5	6.4%	7.4%
5 to 17	16.9%	17.0%
18 to 24	10.3%	11.1%
25 to 34	13.8%	12.9%
35 to 44	11.5%	7.2%
45 to 54	10.1%	13.5%
55 to 64	12.6%	12.1%
65 to 74	10.1%	11.0%
75 and over	8.2%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Goldsboro	Mar-Mac
White (non-Hispanic)	34.3%	42.6%
Black or African American	53.1%	30.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.8%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.7%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	5.5%	24.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Goldsboro	Mar-Mac
No high school diploma	11.7%	18.2%
High school graduate	31.3%	37.0%
Some college or associate's	35.6%	25.2%
Bachelor's degree	12.9%	14.6%
Graduate or professional degree	8.5%	5.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Goldsboro	Mar-Mac
Drove alone	78.6%	94.5%
Carpooled	13.2%	4.1%
Public transit	1.3%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.1%	1.5%
Other means	0.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Goldsboro	Mar-Mac
1-unit, detached	52.8%	50.5%
1-unit, attached	6.6%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	16.0%	8.7%
5 to 19 units	11.3%	10.8%
20 or more units	9.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.7%	29.3%

Poverty & households

	Goldsboro	Mar-Mac
Poverty rate	20.8%	21.5%
Average household size	2.16	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	17	26
Median year structure built	1974	1984