Glen Raven vs Mebane

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

Glen Raven 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 3,684 in Glen Raven). Mebane has the higher median household income ($84,312 vs $64,189 in Glen Raven). Mebane has the higher median home value ($295,600 vs $204,000 in Glen Raven).

Population, income & housing

	Glen Raven	Mebane
Population	3,684	18,899
Median age	32.2 yrs	36.8 yrs
Median household income	$64,189	$84,312
Median home value	$204,000	$295,600
Median gross rent	$729	$1,171
Housing units	1,288	8,185
Homeownership rate	68.1%	58.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.9%	40.7%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Glen Raven	Mebane
Population	3,495 → 3,684 (+5.4%)	14,952 → 18,899 (+26.4%)
Median household income	$53,526 → $64,189 (+19.9%)	$64,726 → $84,312 (+30.3%)
Median home value	$145,500 → $204,000 (+40.2%)	$189,600 → $295,600 (+55.9%)
Median gross rent	$837 → $729 (-12.9%)	$937 → $1,171 (+25.0%)

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

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)

	Glen Raven	Mebane
Under 5	7.1%	4.4%
5 to 17	16.4%	20.9%
18 to 24	13.9%	6.7%
25 to 34	16.8%	14.5%
35 to 44	8.8%	17.7%
45 to 54	12.1%	13.0%
55 to 64	11.8%	9.7%
65 to 74	10.5%	8.8%
75 and over	2.7%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Glen Raven	Mebane
White (non-Hispanic)	57.7%	54.5%
Black or African American	14.5%	25.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	4.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.6%
Two or more races	3.3%	6.1%
Hispanic or Latino	24.5%	7.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Glen Raven	Mebane
No high school diploma	12.9%	6.9%
High school graduate	31.5%	21.7%
Some college or associate's	36.7%	30.7%
Bachelor's degree	16.0%	28.4%
Graduate or professional degree	2.9%	12.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Glen Raven	Mebane
Drove alone	73.4%	76.8%
Carpooled	14.4%	4.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	0.0%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.2%	17.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Glen Raven	Mebane
1-unit, detached	87.6%	58.8%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	4.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	16.8%
20 or more units	0.9%	15.6%
Mobile home & other	10.2%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Glen Raven	Mebane
Poverty rate	13.5%	7.1%
Average household size	2.95	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	28	30
Median year structure built	1987	2004