Elon vs Graham

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

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

Graham has the higher population (17,537 vs 11,325 in Elon). Elon has the higher median household income ($82,717 vs $54,783 in Graham). Elon has the higher median home value ($355,800 vs $200,600 in Graham).

Population, income & housing

	Elon	Graham
Population	11,325	17,537
Median age	21.9 yrs	36.4 yrs
Median household income	$82,717	$54,783
Median home value	$355,800	$200,600
Median gross rent	$1,584	$990
Housing units	3,374	8,516
Homeownership rate	66.0%	52.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	53.2%	23.5%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	7.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elon	Graham
Population	11,516 → 11,325 (-1.7%)	14,925 → 17,537 (+17.5%)
Median household income	$65,313 → $82,717 (+26.6%)	$36,310 → $54,783 (+50.9%)
Median home value	$253,500 → $355,800 (+40.4%)	$133,800 → $200,600 (+49.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,287 → $1,584 (+23.1%)	$747 → $990 (+32.5%)

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

Graham

Population

14,92517,537

Median household income

$36,310$54,783

Median home value

$133,800$200,600

Median gross rent

$747$990

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elon	Graham
Under 5	2.4%	6.7%
5 to 17	8.9%	13.8%
18 to 24	46.8%	7.5%
25 to 34	3.5%	19.4%
35 to 44	8.3%	11.6%
45 to 54	6.2%	10.4%
55 to 64	9.0%	14.0%
65 to 74	6.5%	9.2%
75 and over	8.4%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elon	Graham
White (non-Hispanic)	82.9%	51.5%
Black or African American	8.0%	23.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	3.1%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.9%
Two or more races	2.5%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	19.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elon	Graham
No high school diploma	5.6%	13.0%
High school graduate	16.4%	32.7%
Some college or associate's	24.8%	30.8%
Bachelor's degree	29.1%	17.0%
Graduate or professional degree	24.1%	6.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elon	Graham
Drove alone	70.8%	83.4%
Carpooled	3.2%	6.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	15.2%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.6%	7.7%
Other means	0.6%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elon	Graham
1-unit, detached	67.3%	63.7%
1-unit, attached	9.8%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	6.6%	8.6%
5 to 19 units	7.1%	15.4%
20 or more units	6.3%	4.8%
Mobile home & other	2.9%	5.1%

Poverty & households

	Elon	Graham
Poverty rate	22.5%	18.1%
Average household size	2.56	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	21	24
Median year structure built	1998	1984