Edgecombe County vs Stokes County

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

Edgecombe 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.

Edgecombe County has the higher population (48,777 vs 44,889 in Stokes County). Stokes County has the higher median household income ($60,039 vs $48,480 in Edgecombe County). Stokes County has the higher median home value ($186,800 vs $116,800 in Edgecombe County).

Population, income & housing

	Edgecombe County	Stokes County
Population	48,777	44,889
Median age	41.7 yrs	47.6 yrs
Median household income	$48,480	$60,039
Median home value	$116,800	$186,800
Median gross rent	$818	$766
Housing units	23,258	21,353
Homeownership rate	59.4%	78.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.7%	18.5%
Unemployment rate	8.0%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Edgecombe County	Stokes County
Population	52,648 → 48,777 (-7.4%)	45,781 → 44,889 (-1.9%)
Median household income	$36,866 → $48,480 (+31.5%)	$48,054 → $60,039 (+24.9%)
Median home value	$85,700 → $116,800 (+36.3%)	$137,000 → $186,800 (+36.4%)
Median gross rent	$695 → $818 (+17.7%)	$687 → $766 (+11.5%)

Edgecombe County

Population

52,64848,777

Median household income

$36,866$48,480

Median home value

$85,700$116,800

Median gross rent

$695$818

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)

	Edgecombe County	Stokes County
Under 5	5.8%	4.2%
5 to 17	17.2%	14.5%
18 to 24	7.6%	7.3%
25 to 34	12.5%	10.4%
35 to 44	10.9%	10.4%
45 to 54	11.1%	14.7%
55 to 64	14.5%	16.1%
65 to 74	12.5%	12.9%
75 and over	7.9%	9.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Edgecombe County	Stokes County
White (non-Hispanic)	35.2%	89.6%
Black or African American	55.8%	3.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.2%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.5%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	5.8%	3.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Edgecombe County	Stokes County
No high school diploma	15.6%	10.1%
High school graduate	38.1%	38.1%
Some college or associate's	29.6%	33.3%
Bachelor's degree	11.7%	12.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.0%	6.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Edgecombe County	Stokes County
Drove alone	78.8%	84.8%
Carpooled	8.9%	7.5%
Public transit	0.8%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.0%	6.5%
Other means	2.3%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Edgecombe County	Stokes County
1-unit, detached	61.8%	70.1%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	9.5%	2.9%
5 to 19 units	4.1%	1.2%
20 or more units	1.2%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	22.4%	24.3%

Poverty & households

	Edgecombe County	Stokes County
Poverty rate	21.9%	12.0%
Average household size	2.46	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	23	30
Median year structure built	1977	1983