Cajah's Mountain vs Lenoir

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

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

Lenoir has the higher population (18,282 vs 2,696 in Cajah's Mountain). Cajah's Mountain has the higher median household income ($53,714 vs $48,889 in Lenoir). Cajah's Mountain has the higher median home value ($175,900 vs $165,200 in Lenoir).

Population, income & housing

	Cajah's Mountain	Lenoir
Population	2,696	18,282
Median age	40.9 yrs	43.5 yrs
Median household income	$53,714	$48,889
Median home value	$175,900	$165,200
Median gross rent	$677	$671
Housing units	1,012	8,602
Homeownership rate	76.8%	61.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.9%	20.6%
Unemployment rate	7.6%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cajah's Mountain	Lenoir
Population	2,735 → 2,696 (-1.4%)	17,879 → 18,282 (+2.3%)
Median household income	$44,452 → $53,714 (+20.8%)	$36,755 → $48,889 (+33.0%)
Median home value	$131,600 → $175,900 (+33.7%)	$111,300 → $165,200 (+48.4%)
Median gross rent	$589 → $677 (+14.9%)	$626 → $671 (+7.2%)

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

Lenoir

Population

17,87918,282

Median household income

$36,755$48,889

Median home value

$111,300$165,200

Median gross rent

$626$671

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cajah's Mountain	Lenoir
Under 5	5.5%	6.0%
5 to 17	17.7%	14.5%
18 to 24	6.8%	9.6%
25 to 34	11.1%	10.7%
35 to 44	13.2%	10.9%
45 to 54	15.3%	13.8%
55 to 64	14.8%	13.4%
65 to 74	8.6%	12.6%
75 and over	6.9%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cajah's Mountain	Lenoir
White (non-Hispanic)	90.9%	70.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	12.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	0.2%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.3%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	8.4%	13.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cajah's Mountain	Lenoir
No high school diploma	18.0%	15.5%
High school graduate	35.8%	30.3%
Some college or associate's	32.2%	33.6%
Bachelor's degree	10.4%	15.8%
Graduate or professional degree	3.6%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cajah's Mountain	Lenoir
Drove alone	84.6%	79.7%
Carpooled	8.8%	11.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.3%	6.7%
Other means	1.4%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cajah's Mountain	Lenoir
1-unit, detached	88.1%	66.4%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	5.8%	12.1%
5 to 19 units	3.4%	7.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.5%
Mobile home & other	2.2%	6.9%

Poverty & households

	Cajah's Mountain	Lenoir
Poverty rate	11.9%	12.9%
Average household size	2.85	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	25	24
Median year structure built	1974	1973