Cajah's Mountain vs Cedar Rock

A side-by-side comparison of Cajah's Mountain and Cedar Rock: population, income, housing, and more.

Cajah's Mountain and Cedar Rock are places in North Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Cajah's Mountain has the higher population (2,696 vs 333 in Cedar Rock). Cedar Rock has the higher median household income ($79,583 vs $53,714 in Cajah's Mountain). Cedar Rock has the higher median home value ($395,500 vs $175,900 in Cajah's Mountain).

Population, income & housing

	Cajah's Mountain	Cedar Rock
Population	2,696	333
Median age	40.9 yrs	52.1 yrs
Median household income	$53,714	$79,583
Median home value	$175,900	$395,500
Median gross rent	$677	$1,156
Housing units	1,012	163
Homeownership rate	76.8%	92.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.9%	39.8%
Unemployment rate	7.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cajah's Mountain	Cedar Rock
Population	2,735 → 2,696 (-1.4%)	254 → 333 (+31.1%)
Median household income	$44,452 → $53,714 (+20.8%)	$106,250 → $79,583 (-25.1%)
Median home value	$131,600 → $175,900 (+33.7%)	$323,900 → $395,500 (+22.1%)
Median gross rent	$589 → $677 (+14.9%)	$1,083 → $1,156 (+6.7%)

Cajah's Mountain

Population

2,7352,696

Median household income

$44,452$53,714

Median home value

$131,600$175,900

Median gross rent

$589$677

Cedar Rock

Population

254333

Median household income

$106,250$79,583

Median home value

$323,900$395,500

Median gross rent

$1,083$1,156

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cajah's Mountain	Cedar Rock
Under 5	5.5%	5.4%
5 to 17	17.7%	12.6%
18 to 24	6.8%	1.2%
25 to 34	11.1%	15.9%
35 to 44	13.2%	7.2%
45 to 54	15.3%	13.2%
55 to 64	14.8%	13.8%
65 to 74	8.6%	6.6%
75 and over	6.9%	24.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cajah's Mountain	Cedar Rock
White (non-Hispanic)	90.9%	91.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.3%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	8.4%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cajah's Mountain	Cedar Rock
No high school diploma	18.0%	4.8%
High school graduate	35.8%	27.5%
Some college or associate's	32.2%	27.9%
Bachelor's degree	10.4%	26.8%
Graduate or professional degree	3.6%	13.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cajah's Mountain	Cedar Rock
Drove alone	84.6%	93.5%
Carpooled	8.8%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.3%	5.2%
Other means	1.4%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cajah's Mountain	Cedar Rock
1-unit, detached	88.1%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cajah's Mountain	Cedar Rock
Poverty rate	11.9%	5.1%
Average household size	2.85	2.12
Mean commute (minutes)	25	22
Median year structure built	1974	1977