COMPARING TWO PLACES
Seaboard vs Tarboro
PLACE A
Seaboard, North Carolina
VS
PLACE B
Tarboro, North Carolina
Seaboard is 95% smaller than Tarboro. Tarboro earns more, with a median household income $24,020 higher. Tarboro has grown faster since 2000 (-6% vs -14%).
SEABOARDTARBORODIFFERENCE
Total population50410,979−95% vs Tarboro
Population density523974−451
Population growth-14.2%-6.1%−8.2 pts
Median age44.151.2−7.1
Male42.4%45.0%−2.6 pts
Female57.6%55.0%+2.6 pts
Foreign-born1.9%3.3%−1.4 pts
White, non-Hispanic10.1%41.9%−31.8 pts
Black85.6%49.6%+36.1 pts
Hispanic / Latino0.3%6.6%−6.3 pts
Asian0.0%0.0%Even
Other3.9%1.9%+2.0 pts
Median household income$25,776$49,796−$24,020
Per capita income$21,077$35,098−$14,021
Poverty rate30.9%18.5%+12.4 pts
Income inequality (Gini)0.4370.510−0.1
Bachelor's degree or higher7.7%26.5%−18.9 pts
Graduate degree3.3%10.2%−6.9 pts
Unemployment rate0.8%4.5%−3.7 pts
Labor force participation48.2%52.4%−4.3 pts
Median home value$91,500$185,500−$94,000
Median gross rent$508$843−$335
Owner-occupied43.5%57.2%−13.7 pts
Housing vacancy rate25.1%12.5%+12.6 pts
Rent-burdened households68.5%57.7%+10.8 pts
Average commute32.520.8+11.6
Worked from home1.7%10.9%−9.2 pts
Public transit to work0.0%0.0%Even
Uninsured5.8%6.1%−0.3 pts
Population, 1990 – 2025