Elm City vs Stantonsburg

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

Elm City and Stantonsburg 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 949 in Stantonsburg). Stantonsburg has the higher median household income ($58,929 vs $44,698 in Elm City). Stantonsburg has the higher median home value ($120,200 vs $106,600 in Elm City).

Population, income & housing

	Elm City	Stantonsburg
Population	1,173	949
Median age	49.6 yrs	42.5 yrs
Median household income	$44,698	$58,929
Median home value	$106,600	$120,200
Median gross rent	$829	$983
Housing units	596	419
Homeownership rate	65.4%	71.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.9%	14.6%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elm City	Stantonsburg
Population	1,445 → 1,173 (-18.8%)	633 → 949 (+49.9%)
Median household income	$40,451 → $44,698 (+10.5%)	$46,458 → $58,929 (+26.8%)
Median home value	$82,100 → $106,600 (+29.8%)	$81,400 → $120,200 (+47.7%)
Median gross rent	$638 → $829 (+29.9%)	$676 → $983 (+45.4%)

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

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)

	Elm City	Stantonsburg
Under 5	2.6%	2.5%
5 to 17	13.0%	15.3%
18 to 24	8.3%	16.0%
25 to 34	11.1%	11.6%
35 to 44	10.0%	6.6%
45 to 54	14.7%	20.9%
55 to 64	13.7%	15.3%
65 to 74	19.4%	7.0%
75 and over	7.3%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elm City	Stantonsburg
White (non-Hispanic)	28.3%	35.2%
Black or African American	65.4%	37.2%
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%	9.9%
Hispanic or Latino	6.2%	17.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elm City	Stantonsburg
No high school diploma	15.1%	8.9%
High school graduate	39.5%	49.4%
Some college or associate's	30.5%	27.1%
Bachelor's degree	8.3%	10.8%
Graduate or professional degree	6.6%	3.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elm City	Stantonsburg
Drove alone	74.9%	91.3%
Carpooled	16.6%	6.3%
Public transit	0.0%	1.7%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.6%	0.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elm City	Stantonsburg
1-unit, detached	74.3%	86.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	14.8%	3.8%
5 to 19 units	3.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.9%	9.5%

Poverty & households

	Elm City	Stantonsburg
Poverty rate	18.4%	24.0%
Average household size	2.24	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	28	27
Median year structure built	1978	1979