COMPARING TWO PLACES
Fair Bluff vs Lumberton
PLACE A
Fair Bluff, North Carolina
VS
PLACE B
Lumberton, Texas
Fair Bluff is 95% smaller than Lumberton. Lumberton earns more, with a median household income $76,234 higher. Lumberton has grown faster since 2000 (13% vs -25%).
FAIR BLUFFLUMBERTONDIFFERENCE
Total population73714,123−95% vs Lumberton
Population density3121,053−741
Population growth-25.4%13.5%−38.9 pts
Median age45.842.8+3.0
Male47.8%49.7%−1.9 pts
Female52.2%50.3%+1.9 pts
Foreign-born8.8%3.2%+5.6 pts
White, non-Hispanic19.6%89.0%−69.4 pts
Black62.6%0.1%+62.5 pts
Hispanic / Latino0.6%7.4%−6.8 pts
Asian11.2%1.1%+10.2 pts
Other6.0%2.5%+3.5 pts
Median household income$31,389$107,623−$76,234
Per capita income$22,976$50,801−$27,825
Poverty rate28.3%3.7%+24.6 pts
Income inequality (Gini)0.4410.371+0.1
Bachelor's degree or higher8.9%26.8%−18.0 pts
Graduate degree4.9%7.9%−3.1 pts
Unemployment rate4.2%2.5%+1.7 pts
Labor force participation60.8%61.8%−0.9 pts
Median home value$101,400$291,900−$190,500
Median gross rent$684$1,067−$383
Owner-occupied69.4%85.5%−16.2 pts
Housing vacancy rate33.2%5.9%+27.3 pts
Rent-burdened households46.3%28.3%+18.0 pts
Average commute19.527.1−7.6
Worked from home0.0%7.0%−7.0 pts
Public transit to work0.0%0.0%Even
Uninsured11.4%11.9%−0.5 pts
Population, 1990 – 2025