Haw River vs Saxapahaw

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

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

Haw River has the higher population (2,581 vs 1,501 in Saxapahaw). Haw River has the higher median household income ($67,366 vs $63,281 in Saxapahaw). Saxapahaw has the higher median home value ($179,300 vs $142,200 in Haw River).

Population, income & housing

	Haw River	Saxapahaw
Population	2,581	1,501
Median age	35.2 yrs	42.1 yrs
Median household income	$67,366	$63,281
Median home value	$142,200	$179,300
Median gross rent	$870	$694
Housing units	1,115	646
Homeownership rate	74.7%	70.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.5%	21.9%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Haw River	Saxapahaw
Population	2,458 → 2,581 (+5.0%)	1,599 → 1,501 (-6.1%)
Median household income	$40,560 → $67,366 (+66.1%)	$47,011 → $63,281 (+34.6%)
Median home value	$99,000 → $142,200 (+43.6%)	$133,900 → $179,300 (+33.9%)
Median gross rent	$648 → $870 (+34.3%)	$861 → $694 (-19.4%)

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

Saxapahaw

Population

1,5991,501

Median household income

$47,011$63,281

Median home value

$133,900$179,300

Median gross rent

$861$694

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Haw River	Saxapahaw
Under 5	7.5%	4.2%
5 to 17	12.6%	19.4%
18 to 24	14.7%	2.7%
25 to 34	14.8%	16.1%
35 to 44	14.2%	9.8%
45 to 54	12.9%	12.3%
55 to 64	10.7%	12.5%
65 to 74	8.2%	18.5%
75 and over	4.4%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Haw River	Saxapahaw
White (non-Hispanic)	69.0%	84.3%
Black or African American	8.3%	2.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.4%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.1%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	17.2%	12.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Haw River	Saxapahaw
No high school diploma	7.2%	17.5%
High school graduate	35.2%	34.0%
Some college or associate's	36.2%	26.6%
Bachelor's degree	13.2%	18.2%
Graduate or professional degree	8.3%	3.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Haw River	Saxapahaw
Drove alone	86.9%	79.2%
Carpooled	8.4%	3.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.2%	16.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Haw River	Saxapahaw
1-unit, detached	69.1%	55.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.6%
5 to 19 units	7.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	6.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	17.5%	40.4%

Poverty & households

	Haw River	Saxapahaw
Poverty rate	17.0%	6.9%
Average household size	2.62	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	28	23
Median year structure built	1975	1991