Avery Creek vs Royal Pines

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

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

Royal Pines has the higher population (4,528 vs 2,998 in Avery Creek). Avery Creek has the higher median household income ($107,684 vs $105,956 in Royal Pines). Royal Pines has the higher median home value ($369,500 vs $326,200 in Avery Creek).

Population, income & housing

	Avery Creek	Royal Pines
Population	2,998	4,528
Median age	37.2 yrs	43.9 yrs
Median household income	$107,684	$105,956
Median home value	$326,200	$369,500
Median gross rent	—	$1,397
Housing units	882	2,093
Homeownership rate	91.5%	87.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.2%	54.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Avery Creek	Royal Pines
Population	2,675 → 2,998 (+12.1%)	4,759 → 4,528 (-4.9%)
Median household income	$79,729 → $107,684 (+35.1%)	$83,012 → $105,956 (+27.6%)
Median home value	$242,300 → $326,200 (+34.6%)	$260,300 → $369,500 (+42.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,227 → $1,845 (+50.4%)	$1,117 → $1,397 (+25.1%)

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

Royal Pines

Population

4,7594,528

Median household income

$83,012$105,956

Median home value

$260,300$369,500

Median gross rent

$1,117$1,397

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Avery Creek	Royal Pines
Under 5	5.1%	8.0%
5 to 17	18.8%	13.2%
18 to 24	15.5%	4.3%
25 to 34	9.4%	8.2%
35 to 44	14.7%	17.4%
45 to 54	11.8%	13.9%
55 to 64	8.0%	15.0%
65 to 74	12.2%	12.7%
75 and over	4.5%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Avery Creek	Royal Pines
White (non-Hispanic)	76.0%	91.8%
Black or African American	18.1%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.4%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.4%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Avery Creek	Royal Pines
No high school diploma	0.9%	1.8%
High school graduate	27.0%	16.5%
Some college or associate's	32.0%	27.3%
Bachelor's degree	22.9%	27.8%
Graduate or professional degree	17.3%	26.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Avery Creek	Royal Pines
Drove alone	53.6%	78.2%
Carpooled	7.7%	1.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.1%	19.9%
Other means	17.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Avery Creek	Royal Pines
1-unit, detached	95.0%	82.4%
1-unit, attached	3.2%	4.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	12.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.8%	1.5%

Poverty & households

	Avery Creek	Royal Pines
Poverty rate	0.0%	1.3%
Average household size	4.10	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	19	26
Median year structure built	1996	1980