Community
Edgecombe County is only:
40 minutes to Greenville
1 hour to Raleigh
2 hours to Richmond, VA
2.5 hours to the Outer Banks
4 hours to Boone
The Visitors Center is housed at the Tarboro Edgecombe Chamber of Commerce at 500M Main Street in Tarboro. The Center is your source for free travel and tourism information not only for Edgecombe County and North Carolina, but for just about every state.
Address | Phone Number | Population | |||||
Edgecombe County | 201 St. Andrews St. | 641-7845 | 52,647 | ||||
Town of Tarboro | 500 Main St. | 641-4200 | 11,138 | ||||
Town of Conetoe | PO Box 268 | 823-1043 | 329 | ||||
Town of Macclesfield | 203 W. Green St. | 827-4823 | 409 | ||||
Town of Pinetops | 101 E. Hamlet St. | 827-4435 | 1,268 | ||||
Town of Princeville | 201 S. Main St. | 823-1057 | 2,020 | ||||
Town of Speed | PO Box 242 | 823-6194 | 66 | ||||
Town of Whitakers | PO Box 6 | 437-4011 | 770 |
General Information
Population: 2007 Estimate: 52,647
Population Density: 110 per sq mile
Average rental price: Median Rent: $500
Cost of Living: 88.6%
Median household income (in 2014 dollars), 2010-2014 $33,892
Veterans, 2010-2014 3,915
Housing units, July 1, 2015 24,627
Housing units, April 1, 2010 24,838
Owner-occupied housing unit rate, 2010-2014 62.6%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2010-2014 $81,700
Median selected monthly owner costs -with a mortgage, 2010-2014 - $1,009
Median selected monthly owner costs -without a mortgage, 2010-2014 $421
Median gross rent, 2010-2014 - $649
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25 years+, 2010-2014 77.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25 years+, 2010-2014 10.7%
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16 years+, 2010-2014 21.6