Cedar Rock vs Northlakes

A side-by-side comparison of Cedar Rock and Northlakes: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Northlakes has the higher population (1,462 vs 333 in Cedar Rock). Northlakes has the higher median household income ($101,461 vs $79,583 in Cedar Rock). Cedar Rock has the higher median home value ($395,500 vs $335,500 in Northlakes).

Population, income & housing

	Cedar Rock	Northlakes
Population	333	1,462
Median age	52.1 yrs	43.4 yrs
Median household income	$79,583	$101,461
Median home value	$395,500	$335,500
Median gross rent	$1,156	—
Housing units	163	563
Homeownership rate	92.4%	85.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.8%	57.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cedar Rock	Northlakes
Population	254 → 333 (+31.1%)	1,509 → 1,462 (-3.1%)
Median household income	$106,250 → $79,583 (-25.1%)	$81,875 → $101,461 (+23.9%)
Median home value	$323,900 → $395,500 (+22.1%)	$210,100 → $335,500 (+59.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,083 → $1,156 (+6.7%)	—

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

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)

	Cedar Rock	Northlakes
Under 5	5.4%	4.7%
5 to 17	12.6%	21.4%
18 to 24	1.2%	5.3%
25 to 34	15.9%	2.5%
35 to 44	7.2%	17.0%
45 to 54	13.2%	15.5%
55 to 64	13.8%	11.6%
65 to 74	6.6%	15.2%
75 and over	24.0%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cedar Rock	Northlakes
White (non-Hispanic)	91.0%	95.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.8%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	4.2%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cedar Rock	Northlakes
No high school diploma	4.8%	3.4%
High school graduate	27.5%	10.4%
Some college or associate's	27.9%	28.7%
Bachelor's degree	26.8%	41.5%
Graduate or professional degree	13.0%	16.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cedar Rock	Northlakes
Drove alone	93.5%	68.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	18.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.2%	12.3%
Other means	1.3%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cedar Rock	Northlakes
1-unit, detached	100.0%	98.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cedar Rock	Northlakes
Poverty rate	5.1%	2.7%
Average household size	2.12	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	22	22
Median year structure built	1977	1985