Icard vs Morganton

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

Icard 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 2,291 in Icard). Morganton has the higher median household income ($49,434 vs $47,825 in Icard). Morganton has the higher median home value ($208,300 vs $136,600 in Icard).

Population, income & housing

	Icard	Morganton
Population	2,291	17,541
Median age	41.0 yrs	38.5 yrs
Median household income	$47,825	$49,434
Median home value	$136,600	$208,300
Median gross rent	$844	$909
Housing units	1,148	7,328
Homeownership rate	72.4%	51.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.3%	23.0%
Unemployment rate	11.2%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Icard	Morganton
Population	2,380 → 2,291 (-3.7%)	16,481 → 17,541 (+6.4%)
Median household income	$48,558 → $47,825 (-1.5%)	$42,137 → $49,434 (+17.3%)
Median home value	$117,100 → $136,600 (+16.7%)	$160,100 → $208,300 (+30.1%)
Median gross rent	$578 → $844 (+46.0%)	$685 → $909 (+32.7%)

Icard

Population

2,3802,291

Median household income

$48,558$47,825

Median home value

$117,100$136,600

Median gross rent

$578$844

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)

	Icard	Morganton
Under 5	4.2%	7.5%
5 to 17	14.9%	17.7%
18 to 24	10.0%	8.5%
25 to 34	16.4%	13.1%
35 to 44	14.0%	11.2%
45 to 54	7.1%	11.0%
55 to 64	12.5%	10.0%
65 to 74	10.1%	12.3%
75 and over	11.0%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Icard	Morganton
White (non-Hispanic)	95.1%	57.6%
Black or African American	1.4%	13.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.8%
Two or more races	2.1%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	23.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Icard	Morganton
No high school diploma	17.2%	23.1%
High school graduate	39.4%	25.5%
Some college or associate's	37.1%	28.4%
Bachelor's degree	4.6%	12.8%
Graduate or professional degree	1.7%	10.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Icard	Morganton
Drove alone	87.4%	75.9%
Carpooled	12.6%	15.7%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	6.8%
Other means	0.0%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Icard	Morganton
1-unit, detached	77.2%	60.1%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	15.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	12.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.4%
Mobile home & other	21.4%	5.7%

Poverty & households

	Icard	Morganton
Poverty rate	20.9%	29.9%
Average household size	2.14	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	21	19
Median year structure built	1981	1972