Elon vs Mebane

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

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

Mebane has the higher population (18,899 vs 11,325 in Elon). Mebane has the higher median household income ($84,312 vs $82,717 in Elon). Elon has the higher median home value ($355,800 vs $295,600 in Mebane).

Population, income & housing

	Elon	Mebane
Population	11,325	18,899
Median age	21.9 yrs	36.8 yrs
Median household income	$82,717	$84,312
Median home value	$355,800	$295,600
Median gross rent	$1,584	$1,171
Housing units	3,374	8,185
Homeownership rate	66.0%	58.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	53.2%	40.7%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elon	Mebane
Population	11,516 → 11,325 (-1.7%)	14,952 → 18,899 (+26.4%)
Median household income	$65,313 → $82,717 (+26.6%)	$64,726 → $84,312 (+30.3%)
Median home value	$253,500 → $355,800 (+40.4%)	$189,600 → $295,600 (+55.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,287 → $1,584 (+23.1%)	$937 → $1,171 (+25.0%)

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

Mebane

Population

14,95218,899

Median household income

$64,726$84,312

Median home value

$189,600$295,600

Median gross rent

$937$1,171

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elon	Mebane
Under 5	2.4%	4.4%
5 to 17	8.9%	20.9%
18 to 24	46.8%	6.7%
25 to 34	3.5%	14.5%
35 to 44	8.3%	17.7%
45 to 54	6.2%	13.0%
55 to 64	9.0%	9.7%
65 to 74	6.5%	8.8%
75 and over	8.4%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elon	Mebane
White (non-Hispanic)	82.9%	54.5%
Black or African American	8.0%	25.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	3.1%	4.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.6%
Two or more races	2.5%	6.1%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	7.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elon	Mebane
No high school diploma	5.6%	6.9%
High school graduate	16.4%	21.7%
Some college or associate's	24.8%	30.7%
Bachelor's degree	29.1%	28.4%
Graduate or professional degree	24.1%	12.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elon	Mebane
Drove alone	70.8%	76.8%
Carpooled	3.2%	4.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	15.2%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.6%	17.6%
Other means	0.6%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elon	Mebane
1-unit, detached	67.3%	58.8%
1-unit, attached	9.8%	4.5%
2 to 4 units	6.6%	4.0%
5 to 19 units	7.1%	16.8%
20 or more units	6.3%	15.6%
Mobile home & other	2.9%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Elon	Mebane
Poverty rate	22.5%	7.1%
Average household size	2.56	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	21	30
Median year structure built	1998	2004