Elm City vs Sims

A side-by-side comparison of Elm City and Sims: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Elm City has the higher population (1,173 vs 366 in Sims). Sims has the higher median household income ($73,667 vs $44,698 in Elm City). Sims has the higher median home value ($214,700 vs $106,600 in Elm City).

Population, income & housing

	Elm City	Sims
Population	1,173	366
Median age	49.6 yrs	30.8 yrs
Median household income	$44,698	$73,667
Median home value	$106,600	$214,700
Median gross rent	$829	$958
Housing units	596	168
Homeownership rate	65.4%	82.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.9%	22.9%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elm City	Sims
Population	1,445 → 1,173 (-18.8%)	599 → 366 (-38.9%)
Median household income	$40,451 → $44,698 (+10.5%)	$49,079 → $73,667 (+50.1%)
Median home value	$82,100 → $106,600 (+29.8%)	$143,600 → $214,700 (+49.5%)
Median gross rent	$638 → $829 (+29.9%)	$765 → $958 (+25.2%)

Elm City

Population

1,4451,173

Median household income

$40,451$44,698

Median home value

$82,100$106,600

Median gross rent

$638$829

Sims

Population

599366

Median household income

$49,079$73,667

Median home value

$143,600$214,700

Median gross rent

$765$958

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elm City	Sims
Under 5	2.6%	7.4%
5 to 17	13.0%	26.2%
18 to 24	8.3%	9.0%
25 to 34	11.1%	12.3%
35 to 44	10.0%	22.4%
45 to 54	14.7%	6.0%
55 to 64	13.7%	3.6%
65 to 74	19.4%	6.0%
75 and over	7.3%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elm City	Sims
White (non-Hispanic)	28.3%	56.8%
Black or African American	65.4%	12.3%
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	0.1%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	6.2%	28.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elm City	Sims
No high school diploma	15.1%	17.6%
High school graduate	39.5%	24.8%
Some college or associate's	30.5%	34.8%
Bachelor's degree	8.3%	12.4%
Graduate or professional degree	6.6%	10.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elm City	Sims
Drove alone	74.9%	83.3%
Carpooled	16.6%	2.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.6%	6.7%
Other means	0.0%	5.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elm City	Sims
1-unit, detached	74.3%	97.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	14.8%	1.2%
5 to 19 units	3.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.9%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Elm City	Sims
Poverty rate	18.4%	9.3%
Average household size	2.24	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	28	30
Median year structure built	1978	2003