Alamance vs Saxapahaw

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

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

Saxapahaw has the higher population (1,501 vs 1,358 in Alamance). Alamance has the higher median household income ($88,438 vs $63,281 in Saxapahaw). Alamance has the higher median home value ($404,700 vs $179,300 in Saxapahaw).

Population, income & housing

	Alamance	Saxapahaw
Population	1,358	1,501
Median age	40.6 yrs	42.1 yrs
Median household income	$88,438	$63,281
Median home value	$404,700	$179,300
Median gross rent	$1,163	$694
Housing units	455	646
Homeownership rate	85.1%	70.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.5%	21.9%
Unemployment rate	0.2%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alamance	Saxapahaw
Population	1,127 → 1,358 (+20.5%)	1,599 → 1,501 (-6.1%)
Median household income	$77,000 → $88,438 (+14.9%)	$47,011 → $63,281 (+34.6%)
Median home value	$314,700 → $404,700 (+28.6%)	$133,900 → $179,300 (+33.9%)
Median gross rent	$900 → $1,163 (+29.2%)	$861 → $694 (-19.4%)

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

Saxapahaw

Population

1,5991,501

Median household income

$47,011$63,281

Median home value

$133,900$179,300

Median gross rent

$861$694

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alamance	Saxapahaw
Under 5	0.7%	4.2%
5 to 17	29.2%	19.4%
18 to 24	7.3%	2.7%
25 to 34	6.1%	16.1%
35 to 44	14.3%	9.8%
45 to 54	14.3%	12.3%
55 to 64	13.0%	12.5%
65 to 74	11.0%	18.5%
75 and over	4.1%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alamance	Saxapahaw
White (non-Hispanic)	80.8%	84.3%
Black or African American	2.7%	2.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	13.7%	12.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alamance	Saxapahaw
No high school diploma	3.3%	17.5%
High school graduate	28.6%	34.0%
Some college or associate's	29.7%	26.6%
Bachelor's degree	27.5%	18.2%
Graduate or professional degree	10.9%	3.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alamance	Saxapahaw
Drove alone	70.8%	79.2%
Carpooled	6.6%	3.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.9%	16.9%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alamance	Saxapahaw
1-unit, detached	97.6%	55.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.4%	4.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	40.4%

Poverty & households

	Alamance	Saxapahaw
Poverty rate	8.3%	6.9%
Average household size	2.98	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	24	23
Median year structure built	2002	1991