Black Creek vs Stantonsburg

A side-by-side comparison of Black Creek and Stantonsburg: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Stantonsburg has the higher population (949 vs 736 in Black Creek). Stantonsburg has the higher median household income ($58,929 vs $50,625 in Black Creek). Stantonsburg has the higher median home value ($120,200 vs $112,100 in Black Creek).

Population, income & housing

	Black Creek	Stantonsburg
Population	736	949
Median age	39.5 yrs	42.5 yrs
Median household income	$50,625	$58,929
Median home value	$112,100	$120,200
Median gross rent	$950	$983
Housing units	352	419
Homeownership rate	65.8%	71.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.2%	14.6%
Unemployment rate	11.1%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Black Creek	Stantonsburg
Population	890 → 736 (-17.3%)	633 → 949 (+49.9%)
Median household income	$46,667 → $50,625 (+8.5%)	$46,458 → $58,929 (+26.8%)
Median home value	$86,500 → $112,100 (+29.6%)	$81,400 → $120,200 (+47.7%)
Median gross rent	$692 → $950 (+37.3%)	$676 → $983 (+45.4%)

Black Creek

Population

890736

Median household income

$46,667$50,625

Median home value

$86,500$112,100

Median gross rent

$692$950

Stantonsburg

Population

633949

Median household income

$46,458$58,929

Median home value

$81,400$120,200

Median gross rent

$676$983

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Black Creek	Stantonsburg
Under 5	5.0%	2.5%
5 to 17	14.1%	15.3%
18 to 24	13.0%	16.0%
25 to 34	10.9%	11.6%
35 to 44	14.9%	6.6%
45 to 54	16.4%	20.9%
55 to 64	9.9%	15.3%
65 to 74	11.3%	7.0%
75 and over	4.3%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Black Creek	Stantonsburg
White (non-Hispanic)	72.3%	35.2%
Black or African American	17.9%	37.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	3.0%	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	4.3%	9.9%
Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	17.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Black Creek	Stantonsburg
No high school diploma	4.6%	8.9%
High school graduate	43.7%	49.4%
Some college or associate's	44.5%	27.1%
Bachelor's degree	5.2%	10.8%
Graduate or professional degree	2.0%	3.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Black Creek	Stantonsburg
Drove alone	68.4%	91.3%
Carpooled	27.6%	6.3%
Public transit	0.0%	1.7%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	2.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.0%	0.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Black Creek	Stantonsburg
1-unit, detached	69.0%	86.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.1%	3.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	23.9%	9.5%

Poverty & households

	Black Creek	Stantonsburg
Poverty rate	16.7%	24.0%
Average household size	2.62	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	37	27
Median year structure built	1989	1979