Duplin County vs Stokes County

A side-by-side comparison of Duplin County and Stokes County: population, income, housing, and more.

Duplin County and Stokes County are counties in North Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Duplin County has the higher population (49,053 vs 44,889 in Stokes County). Stokes County has the higher median household income ($60,039 vs $51,880 in Duplin County). Stokes County has the higher median home value ($186,800 vs $123,200 in Duplin County).

Population, income & housing

	Duplin County	Stokes County
Population	49,053	44,889
Median age	40.7 yrs	47.6 yrs
Median household income	$51,880	$60,039
Median home value	$123,200	$186,800
Median gross rent	$815	$766
Housing units	23,823	21,353
Homeownership rate	70.0%	78.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.5%	18.5%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Duplin County	Stokes County
Population	58,967 → 49,053 (-16.8%)	45,781 → 44,889 (-1.9%)
Median household income	$41,764 → $51,880 (+24.2%)	$48,054 → $60,039 (+24.9%)
Median home value	$90,200 → $123,200 (+36.6%)	$137,000 → $186,800 (+36.4%)
Median gross rent	$665 → $815 (+22.6%)	$687 → $766 (+11.5%)

Duplin County

Population

58,96749,053

Median household income

$41,764$51,880

Median home value

$90,200$123,200

Median gross rent

$665$815

Stokes County

Population

45,78144,889

Median household income

$48,054$60,039

Median home value

$137,000$186,800

Median gross rent

$687$766

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Duplin County	Stokes County
Under 5	6.2%	4.2%
5 to 17	17.5%	14.5%
18 to 24	8.7%	7.3%
25 to 34	10.9%	10.4%
35 to 44	11.0%	10.4%
45 to 54	12.4%	14.7%
55 to 64	13.6%	16.1%
65 to 74	11.6%	12.9%
75 and over	8.0%	9.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Duplin County	Stokes County
White (non-Hispanic)	50.8%	89.6%
Black or African American	22.7%	3.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	0.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.9%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	22.7%	3.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Duplin County	Stokes County
No high school diploma	18.1%	10.1%
High school graduate	30.7%	38.1%
Some college or associate's	33.8%	33.3%
Bachelor's degree	12.6%	12.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	6.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Duplin County	Stokes County
Drove alone	80.3%	84.8%
Carpooled	11.4%	7.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.4%	6.5%
Other means	1.7%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Duplin County	Stokes County
1-unit, detached	59.9%	70.1%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	5.1%	2.9%
5 to 19 units	1.5%	1.2%
20 or more units	1.1%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	31.5%	24.3%

Poverty & households

	Duplin County	Stokes County
Poverty rate	17.9%	12.0%
Average household size	2.42	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	30	30
Median year structure built	1987	1983