Stony Point vs Taylorsville

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

Stony Point 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 1,301 in Stony Point). Stony Point has the higher median household income ($70,846 vs $48,542 in Taylorsville). Taylorsville has the higher median home value ($210,300 vs $169,200 in Stony Point).

Population, income & housing

	Stony Point	Taylorsville
Population	1,301	2,386
Median age	53.1 yrs	54.6 yrs
Median household income	$70,846	$48,542
Median home value	$169,200	$210,300
Median gross rent	—	$629
Housing units	671	1,071
Homeownership rate	95.1%	55.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.0%	18.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Stony Point	Taylorsville
Population	1,527 → 1,301 (-14.8%)	2,361 → 2,386 (+1.1%)
Median household income	$38,333 → $70,846 (+84.8%)	$31,563 → $48,542 (+53.8%)
Median home value	$122,700 → $169,200 (+37.9%)	$118,300 → $210,300 (+77.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$658 → $629 (-4.4%)

Stony Point

Population

1,5271,301

Median household income

$38,333$70,846

Median home value

$122,700$169,200

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)

	Stony Point	Taylorsville
Under 5	8.0%	3.4%
5 to 17	10.3%	9.8%
18 to 24	4.2%	8.5%
25 to 34	8.9%	9.1%
35 to 44	16.3%	8.4%
45 to 54	3.0%	11.3%
55 to 64	15.1%	15.8%
65 to 74	7.4%	16.8%
75 and over	26.8%	16.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Stony Point	Taylorsville
White (non-Hispanic)	78.4%	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	3.9%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	17.7%	5.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Stony Point	Taylorsville
No high school diploma	2.9%	17.2%
High school graduate	67.9%	39.9%
Some college or associate's	14.3%	24.5%
Bachelor's degree	13.9%	13.1%
Graduate or professional degree	1.1%	5.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Stony Point	Taylorsville
Drove alone	90.1%	86.5%
Carpooled	6.7%	5.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	5.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.1%	1.3%
Other means	0.0%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Stony Point	Taylorsville
1-unit, detached	88.5%	57.3%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	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	9.8%	7.8%

Poverty & households

	Stony Point	Taylorsville
Poverty rate	3.8%	27.8%
Average household size	2.22	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	31	28
Median year structure built	1963	1978