Drexel vs Glen Alpine

A side-by-side comparison of Drexel and Glen Alpine: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Glen Alpine has the higher population (1,995 vs 1,862 in Drexel). Glen Alpine has the higher median household income ($62,917 vs $58,824 in Drexel). Drexel has the higher median home value ($204,600 vs $173,200 in Glen Alpine).

Population, income & housing

	Drexel	Glen Alpine
Population	1,862	1,995
Median age	47.5 yrs	36.7 yrs
Median household income	$58,824	$62,917
Median home value	$204,600	$173,200
Median gross rent	$625	$847
Housing units	869	739
Homeownership rate	70.3%	80.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.2%	29.3%
Unemployment rate	13.1%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Drexel	Glen Alpine
Population	1,862 → 1,862 (+0.0%)	1,658 → 1,995 (+20.3%)
Median household income	$42,703 → $58,824 (+37.8%)	$42,067 → $62,917 (+49.6%)
Median home value	$115,000 → $204,600 (+77.9%)	$115,600 → $173,200 (+49.8%)
Median gross rent	$677 → $625 (-7.7%)	$700 → $847 (+21.0%)

Drexel

Population

1,8621,862

Median household income

$42,703$58,824

Median home value

$115,000$204,600

Median gross rent

$677$625

Glen Alpine

Population

1,6581,995

Median household income

$42,067$62,917

Median home value

$115,600$173,200

Median gross rent

$700$847

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Drexel	Glen Alpine
Under 5	4.2%	6.4%
5 to 17	12.4%	21.7%
18 to 24	5.6%	7.3%
25 to 34	14.7%	9.5%
35 to 44	8.9%	19.5%
45 to 54	13.1%	10.0%
55 to 64	17.7%	12.2%
65 to 74	15.1%	9.2%
75 and over	8.2%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Drexel	Glen Alpine
White (non-Hispanic)	87.0%	87.6%
Black or African American	2.9%	2.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	2.8%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.9%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	4.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Drexel	Glen Alpine
No high school diploma	14.1%	9.8%
High school graduate	31.0%	27.9%
Some college or associate's	34.7%	33.1%
Bachelor's degree	13.4%	23.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.8%	6.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Drexel	Glen Alpine
Drove alone	87.5%	82.1%
Carpooled	8.2%	8.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.3%	8.1%
Other means	0.0%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Drexel	Glen Alpine
1-unit, detached	72.0%	83.9%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	10.4%	1.8%
5 to 19 units	10.8%	0.8%
20 or more units	0.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.2%	13.1%

Poverty & households

	Drexel	Glen Alpine
Poverty rate	12.9%	13.2%
Average household size	2.29	2.75
Mean commute (minutes)	24	26
Median year structure built	1974	1971