Glen Alpine vs Morganton

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

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

Morganton has the higher population (17,541 vs 1,995 in Glen Alpine). Glen Alpine has the higher median household income ($62,917 vs $49,434 in Morganton). Morganton has the higher median home value ($208,300 vs $173,200 in Glen Alpine).

Population, income & housing

	Glen Alpine	Morganton
Population	1,995	17,541
Median age	36.7 yrs	38.5 yrs
Median household income	$62,917	$49,434
Median home value	$173,200	$208,300
Median gross rent	$847	$909
Housing units	739	7,328
Homeownership rate	80.0%	51.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.3%	23.0%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Glen Alpine	Morganton
Population	1,658 → 1,995 (+20.3%)	16,481 → 17,541 (+6.4%)
Median household income	$42,067 → $62,917 (+49.6%)	$42,137 → $49,434 (+17.3%)
Median home value	$115,600 → $173,200 (+49.8%)	$160,100 → $208,300 (+30.1%)
Median gross rent	$700 → $847 (+21.0%)	$685 → $909 (+32.7%)

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

Morganton

Population

16,48117,541

Median household income

$42,137$49,434

Median home value

$160,100$208,300

Median gross rent

$685$909

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Glen Alpine	Morganton
Under 5	6.4%	7.5%
5 to 17	21.7%	17.7%
18 to 24	7.3%	8.5%
25 to 34	9.5%	13.1%
35 to 44	19.5%	11.2%
45 to 54	10.0%	11.0%
55 to 64	12.2%	10.0%
65 to 74	9.2%	12.3%
75 and over	4.3%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Glen Alpine	Morganton
White (non-Hispanic)	87.6%	57.6%
Black or African American	2.9%	13.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	0.9%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.8%
Two or more races	4.1%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	4.5%	23.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Glen Alpine	Morganton
No high school diploma	9.8%	23.1%
High school graduate	27.9%	25.5%
Some college or associate's	33.1%	28.4%
Bachelor's degree	23.0%	12.8%
Graduate or professional degree	6.3%	10.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Glen Alpine	Morganton
Drove alone	82.1%	75.9%
Carpooled	8.4%	15.7%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.1%	6.8%
Other means	1.2%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Glen Alpine	Morganton
1-unit, detached	83.9%	60.1%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	1.8%	15.1%
5 to 19 units	0.8%	12.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.4%
Mobile home & other	13.1%	5.7%

Poverty & households

	Glen Alpine	Morganton
Poverty rate	13.2%	29.9%
Average household size	2.75	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	26	19
Median year structure built	1971	1972