Cajah's Mountain vs Northlakes

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

Cajah's Mountain and Northlakes 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 1,462 in Northlakes). Northlakes has the higher median household income ($101,461 vs $53,714 in Cajah's Mountain). Northlakes has the higher median home value ($335,500 vs $175,900 in Cajah's Mountain).

Population, income & housing

	Cajah's Mountain	Northlakes
Population	2,696	1,462
Median age	40.9 yrs	43.4 yrs
Median household income	$53,714	$101,461
Median home value	$175,900	$335,500
Median gross rent	$677	—
Housing units	1,012	563
Homeownership rate	76.8%	85.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.9%	57.5%
Unemployment rate	7.6%	1.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cajah's Mountain	Northlakes
Population	2,735 → 2,696 (-1.4%)	1,509 → 1,462 (-3.1%)
Median household income	$44,452 → $53,714 (+20.8%)	$81,875 → $101,461 (+23.9%)
Median home value	$131,600 → $175,900 (+33.7%)	$210,100 → $335,500 (+59.7%)
Median gross rent	$589 → $677 (+14.9%)	—

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

Northlakes

Population

1,5091,462

Median household income

$81,875$101,461

Median home value

$210,100$335,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cajah's Mountain	Northlakes
Under 5	5.5%	4.7%
5 to 17	17.7%	21.4%
18 to 24	6.8%	5.3%
25 to 34	11.1%	2.5%
35 to 44	13.2%	17.0%
45 to 54	15.3%	15.5%
55 to 64	14.8%	11.6%
65 to 74	8.6%	15.2%
75 and over	6.9%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cajah's Mountain	Northlakes
White (non-Hispanic)	90.9%	95.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.3%
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%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	8.4%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cajah's Mountain	Northlakes
No high school diploma	18.0%	3.4%
High school graduate	35.8%	10.4%
Some college or associate's	32.2%	28.7%
Bachelor's degree	10.4%	41.5%
Graduate or professional degree	3.6%	16.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cajah's Mountain	Northlakes
Drove alone	84.6%	68.3%
Carpooled	8.8%	18.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.3%	12.3%
Other means	1.4%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cajah's Mountain	Northlakes
1-unit, detached	88.1%	98.4%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	1.6%
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	Northlakes
Poverty rate	11.9%	2.7%
Average household size	2.85	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	25	22
Median year structure built	1974	1985