Ansonville vs Polkton

A side-by-side comparison of Ansonville and Polkton: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Polkton has the higher population (2,759 vs 578 in Ansonville). Polkton has the higher median household income ($45,625 vs $39,375 in Ansonville). Polkton has the higher median home value ($134,100 vs $88,500 in Ansonville).

Population, income & housing

	Ansonville	Polkton
Population	578	2,759
Median age	49.6 yrs	39.0 yrs
Median household income	$39,375	$45,625
Median home value	$88,500	$134,100
Median gross rent	$919	$936
Housing units	273	498
Homeownership rate	70.8%	44.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.5%	2.3%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ansonville	Polkton
Population	730 → 578 (-20.8%)	2,921 → 2,759 (-5.5%)
Median household income	$50,163 → $39,375 (-21.5%)	$39,808 → $45,625 (+14.6%)
Median home value	$80,800 → $88,500 (+9.5%)	$76,300 → $134,100 (+75.8%)
Median gross rent	$822 → $919 (+11.8%)	$680 → $936 (+37.6%)

Ansonville

Population

730578

Median household income

$50,163$39,375

Median home value

$80,800$88,500

Median gross rent

$822$919

Polkton

Population

2,9212,759

Median household income

$39,808$45,625

Median home value

$76,300$134,100

Median gross rent

$680$936

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ansonville	Polkton
Under 5	4.2%	2.0%
5 to 17	10.7%	9.7%
18 to 24	4.7%	8.4%
25 to 34	23.9%	21.8%
35 to 44	5.0%	22.6%
45 to 54	5.2%	14.1%
55 to 64	13.8%	9.3%
65 to 74	14.0%	6.6%
75 and over	18.5%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ansonville	Polkton
White (non-Hispanic)	15.9%	44.3%
Black or African American	82.9%	42.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.7%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	7.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ansonville	Polkton
No high school diploma	21.1%	20.5%
High school graduate	51.0%	47.8%
Some college or associate's	21.5%	29.4%
Bachelor's degree	6.5%	1.7%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ansonville	Polkton
Drove alone	68.2%	76.4%
Carpooled	31.8%	18.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	5.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ansonville	Polkton
1-unit, detached	70.0%	41.6%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	9.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	29.3%	47.4%

Poverty & households

	Ansonville	Polkton
Poverty rate	26.3%	28.1%
Average household size	2.64	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	25	23
Median year structure built	1975	1991