Briar Chapel vs Pittsboro

A side-by-side comparison of Briar Chapel and Pittsboro: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Briar Chapel has the higher population (6,084 vs 4,640 in Pittsboro). Briar Chapel has the higher median household income ($154,583 vs $64,792 in Pittsboro). Briar Chapel has the higher median home value ($508,300 vs $342,800 in Pittsboro).

Population, income & housing

	Briar Chapel	Pittsboro
Population	6,084	4,640
Median age	39.3 yrs	42.5 yrs
Median household income	$154,583	$64,792
Median home value	$508,300	$342,800
Median gross rent	$2,941	$993
Housing units	2,170	2,082
Homeownership rate	94.2%	60.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	79.4%	42.6%
Unemployment rate	8.1%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Briar Chapel	Pittsboro
Population	3,617 → 6,084 (+68.2%)	4,195 → 4,640 (+10.6%)
Median household income	$126,974 → $154,583 (+21.7%)	$44,399 → $64,792 (+45.9%)
Median home value	$375,100 → $508,300 (+35.5%)	$255,100 → $342,800 (+34.4%)
Median gross rent	$2,245 → $2,941 (+31.0%)	$842 → $993 (+17.9%)

Briar Chapel

Population

3,6176,084

Median household income

$126,974$154,583

Median home value

$375,100$508,300

Median gross rent

$2,245$2,941

Pittsboro

Population

4,1954,640

Median household income

$44,399$64,792

Median home value

$255,100$342,800

Median gross rent

$842$993

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Briar Chapel	Pittsboro
Under 5	7.0%	3.1%
5 to 17	22.3%	17.0%
18 to 24	3.2%	11.5%
25 to 34	7.7%	9.2%
35 to 44	19.9%	14.1%
45 to 54	15.5%	11.6%
55 to 64	8.0%	13.8%
65 to 74	12.0%	8.1%
75 and over	4.4%	11.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Briar Chapel	Pittsboro
White (non-Hispanic)	73.7%	70.0%
Black or African American	4.2%	17.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	7.8%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.9%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	4.5%	9.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Briar Chapel	Pittsboro
No high school diploma	1.7%	2.3%
High school graduate	3.4%	30.9%
Some college or associate's	15.4%	24.2%
Bachelor's degree	35.7%	18.7%
Graduate or professional degree	43.7%	23.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Briar Chapel	Pittsboro
Drove alone	57.3%	78.9%
Carpooled	4.8%	5.1%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	36.5%	16.0%
Other means	0.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Briar Chapel	Pittsboro
1-unit, detached	98.4%	63.5%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	4.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	12.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	11.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.6%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	3.5%

Poverty & households

	Briar Chapel	Pittsboro
Poverty rate	0.5%	10.4%
Average household size	2.88	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	27	32
Median year structure built	2015	1999