Alamance vs Haw River

A side-by-side comparison of Alamance and Haw River: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Haw River has the higher population (2,581 vs 1,358 in Alamance). Alamance has the higher median household income ($88,438 vs $67,366 in Haw River). Alamance has the higher median home value ($404,700 vs $142,200 in Haw River).

Population, income & housing

	Alamance	Haw River
Population	1,358	2,581
Median age	40.6 yrs	35.2 yrs
Median household income	$88,438	$67,366
Median home value	$404,700	$142,200
Median gross rent	$1,163	$870
Housing units	455	1,115
Homeownership rate	85.1%	74.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.5%	21.5%
Unemployment rate	0.2%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alamance	Haw River
Population	1,127 → 1,358 (+20.5%)	2,458 → 2,581 (+5.0%)
Median household income	$77,000 → $88,438 (+14.9%)	$40,560 → $67,366 (+66.1%)
Median home value	$314,700 → $404,700 (+28.6%)	$99,000 → $142,200 (+43.6%)
Median gross rent	$900 → $1,163 (+29.2%)	$648 → $870 (+34.3%)

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

Haw River

Population

2,4582,581

Median household income

$40,560$67,366

Median home value

$99,000$142,200

Median gross rent

$648$870

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alamance	Haw River
Under 5	0.7%	7.5%
5 to 17	29.2%	12.6%
18 to 24	7.3%	14.7%
25 to 34	6.1%	14.8%
35 to 44	14.3%	14.2%
45 to 54	14.3%	12.9%
55 to 64	13.0%	10.7%
65 to 74	11.0%	8.2%
75 and over	4.1%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alamance	Haw River
White (non-Hispanic)	80.8%	69.0%
Black or African American	2.7%	8.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	13.7%	17.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alamance	Haw River
No high school diploma	3.3%	7.2%
High school graduate	28.6%	35.2%
Some college or associate's	29.7%	36.2%
Bachelor's degree	27.5%	13.2%
Graduate or professional degree	10.9%	8.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alamance	Haw River
Drove alone	70.8%	86.9%
Carpooled	6.6%	8.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.9%	4.2%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alamance	Haw River
1-unit, detached	97.6%	69.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	7.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	17.5%

Poverty & households

	Alamance	Haw River
Poverty rate	8.3%	17.0%
Average household size	2.98	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	24	28
Median year structure built	2002	1975