Cricket vs Mulberry

A side-by-side comparison of Cricket and Mulberry: population, income, housing, and more.

Cricket and Mulberry are places in North Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Cricket has the higher population (2,512 vs 2,134 in Mulberry). Mulberry has the higher median household income ($52,416 vs $40,405 in Cricket). Mulberry has the higher median home value ($164,000 vs $153,600 in Cricket).

Population, income & housing

	Cricket	Mulberry
Population	2,512	2,134
Median age	27.7 yrs	47.7 yrs
Median household income	$40,405	$52,416
Median home value	$153,600	$164,000
Median gross rent	$829	$608
Housing units	920	980
Homeownership rate	45.4%	73.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.4%	17.2%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	13.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cricket	Mulberry
Population	1,949 → 2,512 (+28.9%)	2,239 → 2,134 (-4.7%)
Median household income	$44,402 → $40,405 (-9.0%)	$36,855 → $52,416 (+42.2%)
Median home value	$99,600 → $153,600 (+54.2%)	$160,100 → $164,000 (+2.4%)
Median gross rent	$752 → $829 (+10.2%)	$829 → $608 (-26.7%)

Cricket

Population

1,9492,512

Median household income

$44,402$40,405

Median home value

$99,600$153,600

Median gross rent

$752$829

Mulberry

Population

2,2392,134

Median household income

$36,855$52,416

Median home value

$160,100$164,000

Median gross rent

$829$608

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cricket	Mulberry
Under 5	6.4%	8.2%
5 to 17	22.2%	11.1%
18 to 24	16.0%	9.7%
25 to 34	18.7%	8.4%
35 to 44	7.1%	5.8%
45 to 54	8.6%	15.0%
55 to 64	6.4%	10.0%
65 to 74	8.5%	12.5%
75 and over	6.0%	19.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cricket	Mulberry
White (non-Hispanic)	66.2%	91.1%
Black or African American	1.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.6%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	32.2%	7.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cricket	Mulberry
No high school diploma	18.2%	16.8%
High school graduate	56.3%	37.2%
Some college or associate's	12.0%	28.7%
Bachelor's degree	10.7%	5.9%
Graduate or professional degree	2.7%	11.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cricket	Mulberry
Drove alone	66.2%	83.4%
Carpooled	31.9%	10.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.6%	6.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cricket	Mulberry
1-unit, detached	68.3%	73.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.3%	6.1%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	3.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	20.2%	16.8%

Poverty & households

	Cricket	Mulberry
Poverty rate	26.6%	11.3%
Average household size	3.01	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	19	22
Median year structure built	1971	1977