Icard vs Valdese

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

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

Valdese has the higher population (4,689 vs 2,291 in Icard). Valdese has the higher median household income ($61,250 vs $47,825 in Icard). Valdese has the higher median home value ($171,300 vs $136,600 in Icard).

Population, income & housing

	Icard	Valdese
Population	2,291	4,689
Median age	41.0 yrs	53.2 yrs
Median household income	$47,825	$61,250
Median home value	$136,600	$171,300
Median gross rent	$844	$627
Housing units	1,148	2,335
Homeownership rate	72.4%	76.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.3%	37.9%
Unemployment rate	11.2%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Icard	Valdese
Population	2,380 → 2,291 (-3.7%)	4,410 → 4,689 (+6.3%)
Median household income	$48,558 → $47,825 (-1.5%)	$58,350 → $61,250 (+5.0%)
Median home value	$117,100 → $136,600 (+16.7%)	$118,700 → $171,300 (+44.3%)
Median gross rent	$578 → $844 (+46.0%)	$552 → $627 (+13.6%)

Icard

Population

2,3802,291

Median household income

$48,558$47,825

Median home value

$117,100$136,600

Median gross rent

$578$844

Valdese

Population

4,4104,689

Median household income

$58,350$61,250

Median home value

$118,700$171,300

Median gross rent

$552$627

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Icard	Valdese
Under 5	4.2%	3.1%
5 to 17	14.9%	14.7%
18 to 24	10.0%	5.9%
25 to 34	16.4%	7.3%
35 to 44	14.0%	12.3%
45 to 54	7.1%	12.7%
55 to 64	12.5%	17.8%
65 to 74	10.1%	13.7%
75 and over	11.0%	12.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Icard	Valdese
White (non-Hispanic)	95.1%	86.4%
Black or African American	1.4%	1.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.1%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	6.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Icard	Valdese
No high school diploma	17.2%	6.6%
High school graduate	39.4%	32.7%
Some college or associate's	37.1%	22.8%
Bachelor's degree	4.6%	21.5%
Graduate or professional degree	1.7%	16.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Icard	Valdese
Drove alone	87.4%	84.9%
Carpooled	12.6%	4.9%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	9.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Icard	Valdese
1-unit, detached	77.2%	77.7%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	7.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.9%
Mobile home & other	21.4%	3.6%

Poverty & households

	Icard	Valdese
Poverty rate	20.9%	8.8%
Average household size	2.14	2.10
Mean commute (minutes)	21	26
Median year structure built	1981	1969