Catawba vs Maiden

A side-by-side comparison of Catawba and Maiden: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Maiden has the higher population (3,777 vs 632 in Catawba). Maiden has the higher median household income ($52,102 vs $44,659 in Catawba). Maiden has the higher median home value ($219,300 vs $138,100 in Catawba).

Population, income & housing

	Catawba	Maiden
Population	632	3,777
Median age	38.3 yrs	41.4 yrs
Median household income	$44,659	$52,102
Median home value	$138,100	$219,300
Median gross rent	$1,098	$780
Housing units	388	1,470
Homeownership rate	72.9%	71.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.4%	11.2%
Unemployment rate	8.3%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Catawba	Maiden
Population	462 → 632 (+36.8%)	3,410 → 3,777 (+10.8%)
Median household income	$49,821 → $44,659 (-10.4%)	$53,407 → $52,102 (-2.4%)
Median home value	$104,500 → $138,100 (+32.2%)	$124,200 → $219,300 (+76.6%)
Median gross rent	$764 → $1,098 (+43.7%)	$831 → $780 (-6.1%)

Catawba

Population

462632

Median household income

$49,821$44,659

Median home value

$104,500$138,100

Median gross rent

$764$1,098

Maiden

Population

3,4103,777

Median household income

$53,407$52,102

Median home value

$124,200$219,300

Median gross rent

$831$780

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Catawba	Maiden
Under 5	3.5%	4.1%
5 to 17	11.6%	17.5%
18 to 24	10.1%	3.9%
25 to 34	21.8%	12.1%
35 to 44	10.3%	21.8%
45 to 54	12.5%	11.0%
55 to 64	13.4%	16.2%
65 to 74	11.7%	7.8%
75 and over	5.1%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Catawba	Maiden
White (non-Hispanic)	72.0%	71.9%
Black or African American	19.0%	5.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	6.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.7%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	7.3%	15.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Catawba	Maiden
No high school diploma	23.7%	13.8%
High school graduate	35.3%	43.8%
Some college or associate's	33.6%	31.2%
Bachelor's degree	4.9%	9.9%
Graduate or professional degree	2.5%	1.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Catawba	Maiden
Drove alone	91.5%	87.3%
Carpooled	3.7%	4.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.3%	4.0%
Other means	1.5%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Catawba	Maiden
1-unit, detached	87.9%	76.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	1.8%	13.2%
5 to 19 units	4.6%	0.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.7%	7.6%

Poverty & households

	Catawba	Maiden
Poverty rate	20.3%	12.8%
Average household size	1.84	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	30	19
Median year structure built	1959	1985