Conover vs Maiden

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

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

Conover has the higher population (8,491 vs 3,777 in Maiden). Conover has the higher median household income ($57,375 vs $52,102 in Maiden). Conover has the higher median home value ($238,300 vs $219,300 in Maiden).

Population, income & housing

	Conover	Maiden
Population	8,491	3,777
Median age	36.1 yrs	41.4 yrs
Median household income	$57,375	$52,102
Median home value	$238,300	$219,300
Median gross rent	$811	$780
Housing units	3,646	1,470
Homeownership rate	70.5%	71.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.2%	11.2%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Conover	Maiden
Population	8,452 → 8,491 (+0.5%)	3,410 → 3,777 (+10.8%)
Median household income	$52,237 → $57,375 (+9.8%)	$53,407 → $52,102 (-2.4%)
Median home value	$146,600 → $238,300 (+62.6%)	$124,200 → $219,300 (+76.6%)
Median gross rent	$735 → $811 (+10.3%)	$831 → $780 (-6.1%)

Conover

Population

8,4528,491

Median household income

$52,237$57,375

Median home value

$146,600$238,300

Median gross rent

$735$811

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)

	Conover	Maiden
Under 5	5.8%	4.1%
5 to 17	26.1%	17.5%
18 to 24	6.4%	3.9%
25 to 34	10.1%	12.1%
35 to 44	13.1%	21.8%
45 to 54	11.2%	11.0%
55 to 64	8.9%	16.2%
65 to 74	7.7%	7.8%
75 and over	10.7%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Conover	Maiden
White (non-Hispanic)	75.1%	71.9%
Black or African American	2.3%	5.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	1.7%	6.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.1%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	17.8%	15.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Conover	Maiden
No high school diploma	13.0%	13.8%
High school graduate	32.3%	43.8%
Some college or associate's	31.5%	31.2%
Bachelor's degree	17.1%	9.9%
Graduate or professional degree	6.1%	1.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Conover	Maiden
Drove alone	77.1%	87.3%
Carpooled	16.6%	4.9%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	0.3%	1.5%
Bicycle	1.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.4%	4.0%
Other means	0.2%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Conover	Maiden
1-unit, detached	60.3%	76.1%
1-unit, attached	7.0%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	5.8%	13.2%
5 to 19 units	11.7%	0.1%
20 or more units	5.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.7%	7.6%

Poverty & households

	Conover	Maiden
Poverty rate	12.4%	12.8%
Average household size	2.45	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	18	19
Median year structure built	1991	1985