Elon vs Green Level

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

Elon and Green Level 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 3,179 in Green Level). Elon has the higher median household income ($82,717 vs $54,020 in Green Level). Elon has the higher median home value ($355,800 vs $164,500 in Green Level).

Population, income & housing

	Elon	Green Level
Population	11,325	3,179
Median age	21.9 yrs	32.5 yrs
Median household income	$82,717	$54,020
Median home value	$355,800	$164,500
Median gross rent	$1,584	$864
Housing units	3,374	1,098
Homeownership rate	66.0%	69.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	53.2%	12.4%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elon	Green Level
Population	11,516 → 11,325 (-1.7%)	2,129 → 3,179 (+49.3%)
Median household income	$65,313 → $82,717 (+26.6%)	$36,856 → $54,020 (+46.6%)
Median home value	$253,500 → $355,800 (+40.4%)	$78,500 → $164,500 (+109.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,287 → $1,584 (+23.1%)	$753 → $864 (+14.7%)

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

Green Level

Population

2,1293,179

Median household income

$36,856$54,020

Median home value

$78,500$164,500

Median gross rent

$753$864

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elon	Green Level
Under 5	2.4%	4.9%
5 to 17	8.9%	27.9%
18 to 24	46.8%	8.2%
25 to 34	3.5%	13.1%
35 to 44	8.3%	7.9%
45 to 54	6.2%	12.1%
55 to 64	9.0%	8.7%
65 to 74	6.5%	10.7%
75 and over	8.4%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elon	Green Level
White (non-Hispanic)	82.9%	11.0%
Black or African American	8.0%	51.0%
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%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	36.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elon	Green Level
No high school diploma	5.6%	23.0%
High school graduate	16.4%	36.7%
Some college or associate's	24.8%	27.8%
Bachelor's degree	29.1%	10.8%
Graduate or professional degree	24.1%	1.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elon	Green Level
Drove alone	70.8%	75.2%
Carpooled	3.2%	16.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	15.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.6%	8.1%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elon	Green Level
1-unit, detached	67.3%	62.7%
1-unit, attached	9.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	7.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	6.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.9%	37.3%

Poverty & households

	Elon	Green Level
Poverty rate	22.5%	18.0%
Average household size	2.56	3.11
Mean commute (minutes)	21	33
Median year structure built	1998	1989