Alamance vs Glen Raven

A side-by-side comparison of Alamance and Glen Raven: population, income, housing, and more.

Alamance and Glen Raven are places in North Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Glen Raven has the higher population (3,684 vs 1,358 in Alamance). Alamance has the higher median household income ($88,438 vs $64,189 in Glen Raven). Alamance has the higher median home value ($404,700 vs $204,000 in Glen Raven).

Population, income & housing

	Alamance	Glen Raven
Population	1,358	3,684
Median age	40.6 yrs	32.2 yrs
Median household income	$88,438	$64,189
Median home value	$404,700	$204,000
Median gross rent	$1,163	$729
Housing units	455	1,288
Homeownership rate	85.1%	68.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.5%	18.9%
Unemployment rate	0.2%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alamance	Glen Raven
Population	1,127 → 1,358 (+20.5%)	3,495 → 3,684 (+5.4%)
Median household income	$77,000 → $88,438 (+14.9%)	$53,526 → $64,189 (+19.9%)
Median home value	$314,700 → $404,700 (+28.6%)	$145,500 → $204,000 (+40.2%)
Median gross rent	$900 → $1,163 (+29.2%)	$837 → $729 (-12.9%)

Alamance

Population

1,1271,358

Median household income

$77,000$88,438

Median home value

$314,700$404,700

Median gross rent

$900$1,163

Glen Raven

Population

3,4953,684

Median household income

$53,526$64,189

Median home value

$145,500$204,000

Median gross rent

$837$729

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alamance	Glen Raven
Under 5	0.7%	7.1%
5 to 17	29.2%	16.4%
18 to 24	7.3%	13.9%
25 to 34	6.1%	16.8%
35 to 44	14.3%	8.8%
45 to 54	14.3%	12.1%
55 to 64	13.0%	11.8%
65 to 74	11.0%	10.5%
75 and over	4.1%	2.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alamance	Glen Raven
White (non-Hispanic)	80.8%	57.7%
Black or African American	2.7%	14.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	13.7%	24.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alamance	Glen Raven
No high school diploma	3.3%	12.9%
High school graduate	28.6%	31.5%
Some college or associate's	29.7%	36.7%
Bachelor's degree	27.5%	16.0%
Graduate or professional degree	10.9%	2.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alamance	Glen Raven
Drove alone	70.8%	73.4%
Carpooled	6.6%	14.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.9%	12.2%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alamance	Glen Raven
1-unit, detached	97.6%	87.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	2.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	10.2%

Poverty & households

	Alamance	Glen Raven
Poverty rate	8.3%	13.5%
Average household size	2.98	2.95
Mean commute (minutes)	24	28
Median year structure built	2002	1987