Morven vs Wadesboro

A side-by-side comparison of Morven and Wadesboro: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Wadesboro has the higher population (4,966 vs 435 in Morven). Morven has the higher median home value ($109,700 vs $98,600 in Wadesboro). Since 2019, Wadesboro's population has grown faster (-6.4% vs -20.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Morven	Wadesboro
Population	435	4,966
Median age	37.9 yrs	37.6 yrs
Median household income	—	$34,125
Median home value	$109,700	$98,600
Median gross rent	$875	$921
Housing units	228	2,286
Homeownership rate	72.7%	59.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.5%	15.5%
Unemployment rate	13.4%	12.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Morven	Wadesboro
Population	548 → 435 (-20.6%)	5,305 → 4,966 (-6.4%)
Median household income	$26,797 → $53,750 (+100.6%)	$26,680 → $34,125 (+27.9%)
Median home value	$57,900 → $109,700 (+89.5%)	$81,100 → $98,600 (+21.6%)
Median gross rent	$638 → $875 (+37.1%)	$778 → $921 (+18.4%)

Morven

Population

548435

Median household income

$26,797$53,750

Median home value

$57,900$109,700

Median gross rent

$638$875

Wadesboro

Population

5,3054,966

Median household income

$26,680$34,125

Median home value

$81,100$98,600

Median gross rent

$778$921

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Morven	Wadesboro
Under 5	6.4%	6.9%
5 to 17	30.3%	20.5%
18 to 24	3.2%	11.1%
25 to 34	5.3%	8.2%
35 to 44	9.4%	11.3%
45 to 54	13.6%	11.3%
55 to 64	2.1%	13.0%
65 to 74	22.3%	8.7%
75 and over	7.4%	8.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Morven	Wadesboro
White (non-Hispanic)	16.8%	25.4%
Black or African American	65.3%	65.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	4.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	9.0%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	8.0%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Morven	Wadesboro
No high school diploma	11.5%	15.6%
High school graduate	33.0%	33.5%
Some college or associate's	39.1%	35.4%
Bachelor's degree	7.7%	12.5%
Graduate or professional degree	8.8%	3.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Morven	Wadesboro
Drove alone	79.4%	63.2%
Carpooled	14.4%	25.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.2%	8.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Morven	Wadesboro
1-unit, detached	75.4%	74.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	2.6%	7.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	8.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	21.9%	6.6%

Poverty & households

	Morven	Wadesboro
Poverty rate	41.5%	30.0%
Average household size	2.53	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	32	27
Median year structure built	1957	1968