Drexel vs Rutherford College

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

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

Drexel has the higher population (1,862 vs 1,327 in Rutherford College). Rutherford College has the higher median household income ($63,000 vs $58,824 in Drexel). Drexel has the higher median home value ($204,600 vs $196,600 in Rutherford College).

Population, income & housing

	Drexel	Rutherford College
Population	1,862	1,327
Median age	47.5 yrs	43.0 yrs
Median household income	$58,824	$63,000
Median home value	$204,600	$196,600
Median gross rent	$625	$1,028
Housing units	869	651
Homeownership rate	70.3%	72.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.2%	28.3%
Unemployment rate	13.1%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Drexel	Rutherford College
Population	1,862 → 1,862 (+0.0%)	1,286 → 1,327 (+3.2%)
Median household income	$42,703 → $58,824 (+37.8%)	$43,919 → $63,000 (+43.4%)
Median home value	$115,000 → $204,600 (+77.9%)	$162,500 → $196,600 (+21.0%)
Median gross rent	$677 → $625 (-7.7%)	$608 → $1,028 (+69.1%)

Drexel

Population

1,8621,862

Median household income

$42,703$58,824

Median home value

$115,000$204,600

Median gross rent

$677$625

Rutherford College

Population

1,2861,327

Median household income

$43,919$63,000

Median home value

$162,500$196,600

Median gross rent

$608$1,028

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Drexel	Rutherford College
Under 5	4.2%	7.2%
5 to 17	12.4%	11.5%
18 to 24	5.6%	11.1%
25 to 34	14.7%	12.8%
35 to 44	8.9%	10.4%
45 to 54	13.1%	8.2%
55 to 64	17.7%	20.7%
65 to 74	15.1%	10.1%
75 and over	8.2%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Drexel	Rutherford College
White (non-Hispanic)	87.0%	84.2%
Black or African American	2.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.8%	7.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.9%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	5.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Drexel	Rutherford College
No high school diploma	14.1%	8.8%
High school graduate	31.0%	29.8%
Some college or associate's	34.7%	33.0%
Bachelor's degree	13.4%	22.4%
Graduate or professional degree	6.8%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Drexel	Rutherford College
Drove alone	87.5%	94.9%
Carpooled	8.2%	3.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.3%	2.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Drexel	Rutherford College
1-unit, detached	72.0%	77.4%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.4%	6.5%
5 to 19 units	10.8%	5.5%
20 or more units	0.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.2%	10.6%

Poverty & households

	Drexel	Rutherford College
Poverty rate	12.9%	10.9%
Average household size	2.29	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	24	23
Median year structure built	1974	1975