Alamance vs Ossipee

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

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

Alamance has the higher population (1,358 vs 650 in Ossipee). Alamance has the higher median household income ($88,438 vs $59,076 in Ossipee). Alamance has the higher median home value ($404,700 vs $121,500 in Ossipee).

Population, income & housing

	Alamance	Ossipee
Population	1,358	650
Median age	40.6 yrs	38.2 yrs
Median household income	$88,438	$59,076
Median home value	$404,700	$121,500
Median gross rent	$1,163	$775
Housing units	455	276
Homeownership rate	85.1%	84.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.5%	11.6%
Unemployment rate	0.2%	16.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alamance	Ossipee
Population	1,127 → 1,358 (+20.5%)	466 → 650 (+39.5%)
Median household income	$77,000 → $88,438 (+14.9%)	$47,500 → $59,076 (+24.4%)
Median home value	$314,700 → $404,700 (+28.6%)	$102,200 → $121,500 (+18.9%)
Median gross rent	$900 → $1,163 (+29.2%)	$630 → $775 (+23.0%)

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

Ossipee

Population

466650

Median household income

$47,500$59,076

Median home value

$102,200$121,500

Median gross rent

$630$775

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alamance	Ossipee
Under 5	0.7%	4.6%
5 to 17	29.2%	12.5%
18 to 24	7.3%	10.2%
25 to 34	6.1%	17.7%
35 to 44	14.3%	12.2%
45 to 54	14.3%	16.9%
55 to 64	13.0%	13.5%
65 to 74	11.0%	6.2%
75 and over	4.1%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alamance	Ossipee
White (non-Hispanic)	80.8%	73.5%
Black or African American	2.7%	10.6%
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%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	13.7%	11.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alamance	Ossipee
No high school diploma	3.3%	16.1%
High school graduate	28.6%	48.2%
Some college or associate's	29.7%	24.1%
Bachelor's degree	27.5%	10.8%
Graduate or professional degree	10.9%	0.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alamance	Ossipee
Drove alone	70.8%	83.7%
Carpooled	6.6%	5.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.9%	8.8%
Other means	0.6%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alamance	Ossipee
1-unit, detached	97.6%	77.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	2.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	21.7%

Poverty & households

	Alamance	Ossipee
Poverty rate	8.3%	13.0%
Average household size	2.98	2.67
Mean commute (minutes)	24	27
Median year structure built	2002	1971