Conover vs Hickory

A side-by-side comparison of Conover and Hickory: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Hickory has the higher population (43,747 vs 8,491 in Conover). Hickory has the higher median household income ($63,361 vs $57,375 in Conover). Hickory has the higher median home value ($248,300 vs $238,300 in Conover).

Population, income & housing

	Conover	Hickory
Population	8,491	43,747
Median age	36.1 yrs	37.7 yrs
Median household income	$57,375	$63,361
Median home value	$238,300	$248,300
Median gross rent	$811	$975
Housing units	3,646	19,328
Homeownership rate	70.5%	55.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.2%	35.9%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Conover	Hickory
Population	8,452 → 8,491 (+0.5%)	40,634 → 43,747 (+7.7%)
Median household income	$52,237 → $57,375 (+9.8%)	$47,652 → $63,361 (+33.0%)
Median home value	$146,600 → $238,300 (+62.6%)	$168,600 → $248,300 (+47.3%)
Median gross rent	$735 → $811 (+10.3%)	$734 → $975 (+32.8%)

Conover

Population

8,4528,491

Median household income

$52,237$57,375

Median home value

$146,600$238,300

Median gross rent

$735$811

Hickory

Population

40,63443,747

Median household income

$47,652$63,361

Median home value

$168,600$248,300

Median gross rent

$734$975

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Conover	Hickory
Under 5	5.8%	5.2%
5 to 17	26.1%	16.5%
18 to 24	6.4%	12.4%
25 to 34	10.1%	13.2%
35 to 44	13.1%	10.8%
45 to 54	11.2%	12.7%
55 to 64	8.9%	12.6%
65 to 74	7.7%	9.4%
75 and over	10.7%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Conover	Hickory
White (non-Hispanic)	75.1%	64.3%
Black or African American	2.3%	13.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.7%	4.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.1%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	17.8%	13.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Conover	Hickory
No high school diploma	13.0%	10.2%
High school graduate	32.3%	23.3%
Some college or associate's	31.5%	30.7%
Bachelor's degree	17.1%	23.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.1%	12.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Conover	Hickory
Drove alone	77.1%	73.3%
Carpooled	16.6%	12.9%
Public transit	0.1%	0.1%
Walked	0.3%	1.3%
Bicycle	1.2%	0.1%
Worked from home	4.4%	11.0%
Other means	0.2%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Conover	Hickory
1-unit, detached	60.3%	54.1%
1-unit, attached	7.0%	4.9%
2 to 4 units	5.8%	10.9%
5 to 19 units	11.7%	17.7%
20 or more units	5.6%	8.1%
Mobile home & other	9.7%	4.3%

Poverty & households

	Conover	Hickory
Poverty rate	12.4%	16.9%
Average household size	2.45	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	18	20
Median year structure built	1991	1983