Elon vs Haw River

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

Elon and Haw River 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 2,581 in Haw River). Elon has the higher median household income ($82,717 vs $67,366 in Haw River). Elon has the higher median home value ($355,800 vs $142,200 in Haw River).

Population, income & housing

	Elon	Haw River
Population	11,325	2,581
Median age	21.9 yrs	35.2 yrs
Median household income	$82,717	$67,366
Median home value	$355,800	$142,200
Median gross rent	$1,584	$870
Housing units	3,374	1,115
Homeownership rate	66.0%	74.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	53.2%	21.5%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elon	Haw River
Population	11,516 → 11,325 (-1.7%)	2,458 → 2,581 (+5.0%)
Median household income	$65,313 → $82,717 (+26.6%)	$40,560 → $67,366 (+66.1%)
Median home value	$253,500 → $355,800 (+40.4%)	$99,000 → $142,200 (+43.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,287 → $1,584 (+23.1%)	$648 → $870 (+34.3%)

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

Haw River

Population

2,4582,581

Median household income

$40,560$67,366

Median home value

$99,000$142,200

Median gross rent

$648$870

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elon	Haw River
Under 5	2.4%	7.5%
5 to 17	8.9%	12.6%
18 to 24	46.8%	14.7%
25 to 34	3.5%	14.8%
35 to 44	8.3%	14.2%
45 to 54	6.2%	12.9%
55 to 64	9.0%	10.7%
65 to 74	6.5%	8.2%
75 and over	8.4%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elon	Haw River
White (non-Hispanic)	82.9%	69.0%
Black or African American	8.0%	8.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	3.1%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.5%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	17.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elon	Haw River
No high school diploma	5.6%	7.2%
High school graduate	16.4%	35.2%
Some college or associate's	24.8%	36.2%
Bachelor's degree	29.1%	13.2%
Graduate or professional degree	24.1%	8.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elon	Haw River
Drove alone	70.8%	86.9%
Carpooled	3.2%	8.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	15.2%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.6%	4.2%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elon	Haw River
1-unit, detached	67.3%	69.1%
1-unit, attached	9.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	7.1%	7.4%
20 or more units	6.3%	6.0%
Mobile home & other	2.9%	17.5%

Poverty & households

	Elon	Haw River
Poverty rate	22.5%	17.0%
Average household size	2.56	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	21	28
Median year structure built	1998	1975