Elon vs Glen Raven

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

Elon 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.

Elon has the higher population (11,325 vs 3,684 in Glen Raven). Elon has the higher median household income ($82,717 vs $64,189 in Glen Raven). Elon has the higher median home value ($355,800 vs $204,000 in Glen Raven).

Population, income & housing

	Elon	Glen Raven
Population	11,325	3,684
Median age	21.9 yrs	32.2 yrs
Median household income	$82,717	$64,189
Median home value	$355,800	$204,000
Median gross rent	$1,584	$729
Housing units	3,374	1,288
Homeownership rate	66.0%	68.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	53.2%	18.9%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elon	Glen Raven
Population	11,516 → 11,325 (-1.7%)	3,495 → 3,684 (+5.4%)
Median household income	$65,313 → $82,717 (+26.6%)	$53,526 → $64,189 (+19.9%)
Median home value	$253,500 → $355,800 (+40.4%)	$145,500 → $204,000 (+40.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,287 → $1,584 (+23.1%)	$837 → $729 (-12.9%)

Elon

Population

11,51611,325

Median household income

$65,313$82,717

Median home value

$253,500$355,800

Median gross rent

$1,287$1,584

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)

	Elon	Glen Raven
Under 5	2.4%	7.1%
5 to 17	8.9%	16.4%
18 to 24	46.8%	13.9%
25 to 34	3.5%	16.8%
35 to 44	8.3%	8.8%
45 to 54	6.2%	12.1%
55 to 64	9.0%	11.8%
65 to 74	6.5%	10.5%
75 and over	8.4%	2.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elon	Glen Raven
White (non-Hispanic)	82.9%	57.7%
Black or African American	8.0%	14.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	3.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.5%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	24.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elon	Glen Raven
No high school diploma	5.6%	12.9%
High school graduate	16.4%	31.5%
Some college or associate's	24.8%	36.7%
Bachelor's degree	29.1%	16.0%
Graduate or professional degree	24.1%	2.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elon	Glen Raven
Drove alone	70.8%	73.4%
Carpooled	3.2%	14.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	15.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.6%	12.2%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elon	Glen Raven
1-unit, detached	67.3%	87.6%
1-unit, attached	9.8%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	6.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	7.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	6.3%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	2.9%	10.2%

Poverty & households

	Elon	Glen Raven
Poverty rate	22.5%	13.5%
Average household size	2.56	2.95
Mean commute (minutes)	21	28
Median year structure built	1998	1987