Mar-Mac is home to 2,877 people in North Carolina. 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, below the 36% national rate. 79% of homes are owner-occupied. Home values have more than doubled since 2000, reaching $149,200. Households here earn about 26% less than in North Carolina as a whole. Median rent is $821 a month.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $53,819, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Mid-age
median age 39.0
US median: 38.9
Less educated
20% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Stable housing
home values roughly flat, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Mar-Mac
What changed most since 1990
White share94.4% → 43.0%(−51.4 pts)US over the same years: −17.8 pts
Hispanic share0.0% → 38.5%(+38.5 pts)US over the same years: +9.9 pts
Population3,211 → 2,877(−10%)US over the same years: +35%
Mar-Mac's population equals 2.4% of Wayne County's. Its number of people who work from home equals 0.3% of the county's. Its number of households without a car equals 0.6% 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)0%(0)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)52%(115)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era48%(106)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War0%(0)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0%(0)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 221 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
Mar-Mac, decade by decade
Mar-Mac 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
3,211
$68,193
$149,284
12.5%
13.2
2000
3,004
$73,130
$144,822
8.8%
51.2
2010
3,615
$53,078
$130,191
11.4%
75.9
2020
3,184
$55,290
$157,444
17.4%
82.5
2024
2,877
$53,819
$149,200
20.1%
80.1
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.
