Glen Raven vs Haw River

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

Glen Raven 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.

Glen Raven has the higher population (3,684 vs 2,581 in Haw River). Haw River has the higher median household income ($67,366 vs $64,189 in Glen Raven). Glen Raven has the higher median home value ($204,000 vs $142,200 in Haw River).

Population, income & housing

	Glen Raven	Haw River
Population	3,684	2,581
Median age	32.2 yrs	35.2 yrs
Median household income	$64,189	$67,366
Median home value	$204,000	$142,200
Median gross rent	$729	$870
Housing units	1,288	1,115
Homeownership rate	68.1%	74.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.9%	21.5%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Glen Raven	Haw River
Population	3,495 → 3,684 (+5.4%)	2,458 → 2,581 (+5.0%)
Median household income	$53,526 → $64,189 (+19.9%)	$40,560 → $67,366 (+66.1%)
Median home value	$145,500 → $204,000 (+40.2%)	$99,000 → $142,200 (+43.6%)
Median gross rent	$837 → $729 (-12.9%)	$648 → $870 (+34.3%)

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

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)

	Glen Raven	Haw River
Under 5	7.1%	7.5%
5 to 17	16.4%	12.6%
18 to 24	13.9%	14.7%
25 to 34	16.8%	14.8%
35 to 44	8.8%	14.2%
45 to 54	12.1%	12.9%
55 to 64	11.8%	10.7%
65 to 74	10.5%	8.2%
75 and over	2.7%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Glen Raven	Haw River
White (non-Hispanic)	57.7%	69.0%
Black or African American	14.5%	8.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.3%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	24.5%	17.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Glen Raven	Haw River
No high school diploma	12.9%	7.2%
High school graduate	31.5%	35.2%
Some college or associate's	36.7%	36.2%
Bachelor's degree	16.0%	13.2%
Graduate or professional degree	2.9%	8.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Glen Raven	Haw River
Drove alone	73.4%	86.9%
Carpooled	14.4%	8.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.2%	4.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Glen Raven	Haw River
1-unit, detached	87.6%	69.1%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	7.4%
20 or more units	0.9%	6.0%
Mobile home & other	10.2%	17.5%

Poverty & households

	Glen Raven	Haw River
Poverty rate	13.5%	17.0%
Average household size	2.95	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	28	28
Median year structure built	1987	1975