Kannapolis vs Midland

A side-by-side comparison of Kannapolis and Midland: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Kannapolis has the higher population (56,470 vs 4,758 in Midland). Midland has the higher median household income ($85,551 vs $70,691 in Kannapolis). Midland has the higher median home value ($342,700 vs $245,500 in Kannapolis).

Population, income & housing

	Kannapolis	Midland
Population	56,470	4,758
Median age	37.7 yrs	37.5 yrs
Median household income	$70,691	$85,551
Median home value	$245,500	$342,700
Median gross rent	$1,168	$1,230
Housing units	23,969	1,846
Homeownership rate	65.4%	78.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.1%	32.4%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kannapolis	Midland
Population	48,630 → 56,470 (+16.1%)	3,622 → 4,758 (+31.4%)
Median household income	$53,365 → $70,691 (+32.5%)	$68,125 → $85,551 (+25.6%)
Median home value	$144,400 → $245,500 (+70.0%)	$210,500 → $342,700 (+62.8%)
Median gross rent	$856 → $1,168 (+36.4%)	$857 → $1,230 (+43.5%)

Kannapolis

Population

48,63056,470

Median household income

$53,365$70,691

Median home value

$144,400$245,500

Median gross rent

$856$1,168

Midland

Population

3,6224,758

Median household income

$68,125$85,551

Median home value

$210,500$342,700

Median gross rent

$857$1,230

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kannapolis	Midland
Under 5	6.4%	4.8%
5 to 17	17.2%	17.3%
18 to 24	7.2%	13.8%
25 to 34	15.2%	11.0%
35 to 44	14.2%	13.8%
45 to 54	13.6%	16.0%
55 to 64	11.3%	13.7%
65 to 74	10.3%	7.4%
75 and over	4.6%	2.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kannapolis	Midland
White (non-Hispanic)	56.2%	66.9%
Black or African American	23.1%	14.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.3%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.9%
Two or more races	5.2%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	12.4%	13.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kannapolis	Midland
No high school diploma	11.4%	2.2%
High school graduate	28.6%	30.8%
Some college or associate's	32.0%	34.7%
Bachelor's degree	18.3%	23.3%
Graduate or professional degree	9.8%	9.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kannapolis	Midland
Drove alone	77.6%	71.6%
Carpooled	9.1%	6.5%
Public transit	0.1%	1.0%
Walked	0.2%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.1%	17.6%
Other means	0.8%	2.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kannapolis	Midland
1-unit, detached	77.9%	82.7%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	2.9%
2 to 4 units	6.1%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	7.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.5%	11.8%

Poverty & households

	Kannapolis	Midland
Poverty rate	12.2%	4.6%
Average household size	2.69	2.76
Mean commute (minutes)	26	33
Median year structure built	1985	2006