Hiddenite vs Taylorsville

A side-by-side comparison of Hiddenite and Taylorsville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Taylorsville has the higher population (2,386 vs 237 in Hiddenite). Hiddenite has the higher median household income ($138,098 vs $48,542 in Taylorsville). Hiddenite has the higher median home value ($221,700 vs $210,300 in Taylorsville).

Population, income & housing

	Hiddenite	Taylorsville
Population	237	2,386
Median age	43.1 yrs	54.6 yrs
Median household income	$138,098	$48,542
Median home value	$221,700	$210,300
Median gross rent	—	$629
Housing units	106	1,071
Homeownership rate	83.0%	55.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	18.4%
Unemployment rate	8.2%	1.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hiddenite	Taylorsville
Population	266 → 237 (-10.9%)	2,361 → 2,386 (+1.1%)
Median household income	$28,676 → $138,098 (+381.6%)	$31,563 → $48,542 (+53.8%)
Median home value	$113,600 → $221,700 (+95.2%)	$118,300 → $210,300 (+77.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$658 → $629 (-4.4%)

Hiddenite

Population

266237

Median household income

$28,676$138,098

Median home value

$113,600$221,700

Taylorsville

Population

2,3612,386

Median household income

$31,563$48,542

Median home value

$118,300$210,300

Median gross rent

$658$629

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hiddenite	Taylorsville
Under 5	11.4%	3.4%
5 to 17	14.3%	9.8%
18 to 24	0.4%	8.5%
25 to 34	23.2%	9.1%
35 to 44	12.2%	8.4%
45 to 54	19.0%	11.3%
55 to 64	0.0%	15.8%
65 to 74	0.0%	16.8%
75 and over	19.4%	16.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hiddenite	Taylorsville
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	86.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	6.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	5.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hiddenite	Taylorsville
No high school diploma	26.3%	17.2%
High school graduate	31.4%	39.9%
Some college or associate's	42.3%	24.5%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	13.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	5.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hiddenite	Taylorsville
Drove alone	63.4%	86.5%
Carpooled	36.6%	5.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	5.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	1.3%
Other means	0.0%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hiddenite	Taylorsville
1-unit, detached	68.9%	57.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	17.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	12.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	31.1%	7.8%

Poverty & households

	Hiddenite	Taylorsville
Poverty rate	37.5%	27.8%
Average household size	2.24	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	—	28
Median year structure built	1968	1978