Avery Creek vs Emma

A side-by-side comparison of Avery Creek and Emma: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Avery Creek has the higher population (2,998 vs 2,757 in Emma). Avery Creek has the higher median household income ($107,684 vs $40,964 in Emma). Avery Creek has the higher median home value ($326,200 vs $88,900 in Emma).

Population, income & housing

	Avery Creek	Emma
Population	2,998	2,757
Median age	37.2 yrs	28.9 yrs
Median household income	$107,684	$40,964
Median home value	$326,200	$88,900
Median gross rent	—	$981
Housing units	882	1,021
Homeownership rate	91.5%	70.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.2%	13.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Avery Creek	Emma
Population	2,675 → 2,998 (+12.1%)	2,532 → 2,757 (+8.9%)
Median household income	$79,729 → $107,684 (+35.1%)	$36,144 → $40,964 (+13.3%)
Median home value	$242,300 → $326,200 (+34.6%)	$86,100 → $88,900 (+3.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,227 → $1,845 (+50.4%)	$909 → $981 (+7.9%)

Avery Creek

Population

2,6752,998

Median household income

$79,729$107,684

Median home value

$242,300$326,200

Median gross rent

$1,227$1,845

Emma

Population

2,5322,757

Median household income

$36,144$40,964

Median home value

$86,100$88,900

Median gross rent

$909$981

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Avery Creek	Emma
Under 5	5.1%	7.6%
5 to 17	18.8%	21.7%
18 to 24	15.5%	19.2%
25 to 34	9.4%	8.3%
35 to 44	14.7%	16.6%
45 to 54	11.8%	4.4%
55 to 64	8.0%	4.2%
65 to 74	12.2%	15.1%
75 and over	4.5%	3.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Avery Creek	Emma
White (non-Hispanic)	76.0%	31.3%
Black or African American	18.1%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.4%
Two or more races	4.4%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	66.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Avery Creek	Emma
No high school diploma	0.9%	21.8%
High school graduate	27.0%	44.3%
Some college or associate's	32.0%	20.3%
Bachelor's degree	22.9%	10.5%
Graduate or professional degree	17.3%	3.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Avery Creek	Emma
Drove alone	53.6%	77.9%
Carpooled	7.7%	17.6%
Public transit	0.0%	4.4%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.1%	0.0%
Other means	17.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Avery Creek	Emma
1-unit, detached	95.0%	20.9%
1-unit, attached	3.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	8.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.8%	71.0%

Poverty & households

	Avery Creek	Emma
Poverty rate	0.0%	10.0%
Average household size	4.10	3.58
Mean commute (minutes)	19	20
Median year structure built	1996	1990