Farmville is a city of 4,514 people in North Carolina. The poverty rate is 28.1%, above the 12.5% national rate. Households here earn about 35% less than in North Carolina as a whole. The foreign-born share is 2%. Home values have more than doubled since 2000, reaching $183,000. The median household earns $47,410, about 42% below the national median.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $47,410, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Older
median age 41.4
US median: 38.9
Average education
32% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 30%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Farmville
What changed most since 1990
Poverty rate19.7% → 28.1%(+8.4 pts)US over the same years: −0.8 pts
Homes owned by their occupants52.7% → 61.4%(+8.7 pts)US over the same years: +0.9 pts
Farmville's population equals 2.5% of Pitt County's. Its number of foreign-born residents equals 1.0% of the county's. Its number of people who work from home equals 1.3% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)7.5%(18)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)19.2%(46)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era45.4%(109)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War0%(0)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0%(0)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 240 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Farmville, decade by decade
Farmville population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
4,392
$48,107
$123,124
13.5%
64.0
2000
4,302
$53,245
$140,996
18.8%
66.2
2010
4,654
$39,014
$166,730
17.7%
67.0
2020
4,461
$56,625
$186,533
23.0%
71.3
2024
4,514
$47,410
$183,000
31.8%
67.7
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
