Drexel vs Icard

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

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

Icard has the higher population (2,291 vs 1,862 in Drexel). Drexel has the higher median household income ($58,824 vs $47,825 in Icard). Drexel has the higher median home value ($204,600 vs $136,600 in Icard).

Population, income & housing

	Drexel	Icard
Population	1,862	2,291
Median age	47.5 yrs	41.0 yrs
Median household income	$58,824	$47,825
Median home value	$204,600	$136,600
Median gross rent	$625	$844
Housing units	869	1,148
Homeownership rate	70.3%	72.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.2%	6.3%
Unemployment rate	13.1%	11.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Drexel	Icard
Population	1,862 → 1,862 (+0.0%)	2,380 → 2,291 (-3.7%)
Median household income	$42,703 → $58,824 (+37.8%)	$48,558 → $47,825 (-1.5%)
Median home value	$115,000 → $204,600 (+77.9%)	$117,100 → $136,600 (+16.7%)
Median gross rent	$677 → $625 (-7.7%)	$578 → $844 (+46.0%)

Drexel

Population

1,8621,862

Median household income

$42,703$58,824

Median home value

$115,000$204,600

Median gross rent

$677$625

Icard

Population

2,3802,291

Median household income

$48,558$47,825

Median home value

$117,100$136,600

Median gross rent

$578$844

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Drexel	Icard
Under 5	4.2%	4.2%
5 to 17	12.4%	14.9%
18 to 24	5.6%	10.0%
25 to 34	14.7%	16.4%
35 to 44	8.9%	14.0%
45 to 54	13.1%	7.1%
55 to 64	17.7%	12.5%
65 to 74	15.1%	10.1%
75 and over	8.2%	11.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Drexel	Icard
White (non-Hispanic)	87.0%	95.1%
Black or African American	2.9%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	2.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.9%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Drexel	Icard
No high school diploma	14.1%	17.2%
High school graduate	31.0%	39.4%
Some college or associate's	34.7%	37.1%
Bachelor's degree	13.4%	4.6%
Graduate or professional degree	6.8%	1.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Drexel	Icard
Drove alone	87.5%	87.4%
Carpooled	8.2%	12.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.3%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Drexel	Icard
1-unit, detached	72.0%	77.2%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	10.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	10.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.2%	21.4%

Poverty & households

	Drexel	Icard
Poverty rate	12.9%	20.9%
Average household size	2.29	2.14
Mean commute (minutes)	24	21
Median year structure built	1974	1981