Elk Park vs Newland

A side-by-side comparison of Elk Park and Newland: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Newland has the higher population (815 vs 694 in Elk Park). Elk Park has the higher median household income ($44,350 vs $43,429 in Newland). Newland has the higher median home value ($223,800 vs $145,000 in Elk Park).

Population, income & housing

	Elk Park	Newland
Population	694	815
Median age	46.1 yrs	50.0 yrs
Median household income	$44,350	$43,429
Median home value	$145,000	$223,800
Median gross rent	—	$774
Housing units	363	479
Homeownership rate	57.9%	52.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.9%	29.3%
Unemployment rate	7.1%	9.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elk Park	Newland
Population	744 → 694 (-6.7%)	755 → 815 (+7.9%)
Median household income	$40,200 → $44,350 (+10.3%)	$22,679 → $43,429 (+91.5%)
Median home value	$98,500 → $145,000 (+47.2%)	$143,800 → $223,800 (+55.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$667 → $774 (+16.0%)

Elk Park

Population

744694

Median household income

$40,200$44,350

Median home value

$98,500$145,000

Newland

Population

755815

Median household income

$22,679$43,429

Median home value

$143,800$223,800

Median gross rent

$667$774

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elk Park	Newland
Under 5	6.6%	2.3%
5 to 17	11.5%	13.1%
18 to 24	2.2%	3.7%
25 to 34	22.0%	4.3%
35 to 44	7.5%	13.7%
45 to 54	16.6%	20.7%
55 to 64	16.7%	22.1%
65 to 74	8.9%	9.6%
75 and over	7.9%	10.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elk Park	Newland
White (non-Hispanic)	94.4%	92.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.7%	7.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elk Park	Newland
No high school diploma	17.2%	4.9%
High school graduate	29.8%	34.0%
Some college or associate's	41.0%	31.9%
Bachelor's degree	8.5%	19.4%
Graduate or professional degree	3.4%	9.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elk Park	Newland
Drove alone	75.3%	92.6%
Carpooled	2.8%	0.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.6%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.2%	4.8%
Other means	0.0%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elk Park	Newland
1-unit, detached	50.7%	68.9%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	16.3%	4.4%
5 to 19 units	0.3%	1.3%
20 or more units	1.4%	7.1%
Mobile home & other	29.8%	18.4%

Poverty & households

	Elk Park	Newland
Poverty rate	27.4%	12.1%
Average household size	2.16	1.96
Mean commute (minutes)	20	16
Median year structure built	1971	1968