Northwest vs Varnamtown

A side-by-side comparison of Northwest and Varnamtown: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Varnamtown has the higher population (792 vs 690 in Northwest). Varnamtown has the higher median household income ($68,750 vs $53,143 in Northwest). Varnamtown has the higher median home value ($277,900 vs $183,700 in Northwest).

Population, income & housing

	Northwest	Varnamtown
Population	690	792
Median age	51.9 yrs	50.3 yrs
Median household income	$53,143	$68,750
Median home value	$183,700	$277,900
Median gross rent	$1,006	$1,068
Housing units	376	375
Homeownership rate	87.1%	93.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.8%	13.0%
Unemployment rate	7.4%	0.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Northwest	Varnamtown
Population	856 → 690 (-19.4%)	465 → 792 (+70.3%)
Median household income	$35,469 → $53,143 (+49.8%)	$47,292 → $68,750 (+45.4%)
Median home value	$100,700 → $183,700 (+82.4%)	$167,600 → $277,900 (+65.8%)
Median gross rent	$750 → $1,006 (+34.1%)	$836 → $1,068 (+27.8%)

Northwest

Population

856690

Median household income

$35,469$53,143

Median home value

$100,700$183,700

Median gross rent

$750$1,006

Varnamtown

Population

465792

Median household income

$47,292$68,750

Median home value

$167,600$277,900

Median gross rent

$836$1,068

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Northwest	Varnamtown
Under 5	5.2%	0.3%
5 to 17	9.4%	12.4%
18 to 24	10.6%	9.8%
25 to 34	11.0%	8.5%
35 to 44	8.1%	3.2%
45 to 54	14.8%	27.9%
55 to 64	16.7%	14.6%
65 to 74	15.9%	16.2%
75 and over	8.3%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Northwest	Varnamtown
White (non-Hispanic)	29.7%	93.4%
Black or African American	65.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.4%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.5%	6.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Northwest	Varnamtown
No high school diploma	7.0%	7.7%
High school graduate	29.7%	47.4%
Some college or associate's	45.5%	31.9%
Bachelor's degree	14.0%	8.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.9%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Northwest	Varnamtown
Drove alone	75.3%	68.1%
Carpooled	9.6%	5.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.3%	3.2%
Other means	2.8%	23.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Northwest	Varnamtown
1-unit, detached	72.9%	85.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	27.1%	12.8%

Poverty & households

	Northwest	Varnamtown
Poverty rate	17.1%	18.9%
Average household size	2.03	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	24	32
Median year structure built	1994	1989