Glen Alpine vs Icard

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

Glen Alpine 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 1,995 in Glen Alpine). Glen Alpine has the higher median household income ($62,917 vs $47,825 in Icard). Glen Alpine has the higher median home value ($173,200 vs $136,600 in Icard).

Population, income & housing

	Glen Alpine	Icard
Population	1,995	2,291
Median age	36.7 yrs	41.0 yrs
Median household income	$62,917	$47,825
Median home value	$173,200	$136,600
Median gross rent	$847	$844
Housing units	739	1,148
Homeownership rate	80.0%	72.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.3%	6.3%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	11.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Glen Alpine	Icard
Population	1,658 → 1,995 (+20.3%)	2,380 → 2,291 (-3.7%)
Median household income	$42,067 → $62,917 (+49.6%)	$48,558 → $47,825 (-1.5%)
Median home value	$115,600 → $173,200 (+49.8%)	$117,100 → $136,600 (+16.7%)
Median gross rent	$700 → $847 (+21.0%)	$578 → $844 (+46.0%)

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

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)

	Glen Alpine	Icard
Under 5	6.4%	4.2%
5 to 17	21.7%	14.9%
18 to 24	7.3%	10.0%
25 to 34	9.5%	16.4%
35 to 44	19.5%	14.0%
45 to 54	10.0%	7.1%
55 to 64	12.2%	12.5%
65 to 74	9.2%	10.1%
75 and over	4.3%	11.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Glen Alpine	Icard
White (non-Hispanic)	87.6%	95.1%
Black or African American	2.9%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.3%
Asian	0.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.1%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	4.5%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Glen Alpine	Icard
No high school diploma	9.8%	17.2%
High school graduate	27.9%	39.4%
Some college or associate's	33.1%	37.1%
Bachelor's degree	23.0%	4.6%
Graduate or professional degree	6.3%	1.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Glen Alpine	Icard
Drove alone	82.1%	87.4%
Carpooled	8.4%	12.6%
Public transit	0.2%	0.1%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.1%	0.0%
Other means	1.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Glen Alpine	Icard
1-unit, detached	83.9%	77.2%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	1.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.1%	21.4%

Poverty & households

	Glen Alpine	Icard
Poverty rate	13.2%	20.9%
Average household size	2.75	2.14
Mean commute (minutes)	26	21
Median year structure built	1971	1981