Cajah's Mountain vs Gamewell

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

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

Gamewell has the higher population (3,701 vs 2,696 in Cajah's Mountain). Gamewell has the higher median household income ($55,977 vs $53,714 in Cajah's Mountain). Cajah's Mountain has the higher median home value ($175,900 vs $154,100 in Gamewell).

Population, income & housing

	Cajah's Mountain	Gamewell
Population	2,696	3,701
Median age	40.9 yrs	45.7 yrs
Median household income	$53,714	$55,977
Median home value	$175,900	$154,100
Median gross rent	$677	$875
Housing units	1,012	1,650
Homeownership rate	76.8%	72.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.9%	4.4%
Unemployment rate	7.6%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cajah's Mountain	Gamewell
Population	2,735 → 2,696 (-1.4%)	3,987 → 3,701 (-7.2%)
Median household income	$44,452 → $53,714 (+20.8%)	$46,057 → $55,977 (+21.5%)
Median home value	$131,600 → $175,900 (+33.7%)	$101,700 → $154,100 (+51.5%)
Median gross rent	$589 → $677 (+14.9%)	$721 → $875 (+21.4%)

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

Gamewell

Population

3,9873,701

Median household income

$46,057$55,977

Median home value

$101,700$154,100

Median gross rent

$721$875

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cajah's Mountain	Gamewell
Under 5	5.5%	3.9%
5 to 17	17.7%	13.1%
18 to 24	6.8%	9.9%
25 to 34	11.1%	12.8%
35 to 44	13.2%	6.1%
45 to 54	15.3%	20.3%
55 to 64	14.8%	19.7%
65 to 74	8.6%	9.5%
75 and over	6.9%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cajah's Mountain	Gamewell
White (non-Hispanic)	90.9%	83.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.2%
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%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	8.4%	13.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cajah's Mountain	Gamewell
No high school diploma	18.0%	22.4%
High school graduate	35.8%	39.7%
Some college or associate's	32.2%	33.6%
Bachelor's degree	10.4%	3.4%
Graduate or professional degree	3.6%	1.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cajah's Mountain	Gamewell
Drove alone	84.6%	59.4%
Carpooled	8.8%	33.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.3%	6.7%
Other means	1.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cajah's Mountain	Gamewell
1-unit, detached	88.1%	67.6%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	5.8%	9.2%
5 to 19 units	3.4%	2.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.2%	18.6%

Poverty & households

	Cajah's Mountain	Gamewell
Poverty rate	11.9%	17.3%
Average household size	2.85	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	25	43
Median year structure built	1974	1977