Carolina Meadows vs Goldston

A side-by-side comparison of Carolina Meadows and Goldston: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Carolina Meadows has the higher population (536 vs 367 in Goldston). Carolina Meadows has the higher median household income ($133,090 vs $39,592 in Goldston). Carolina Meadows has the higher median home value ($514,900 vs $189,300 in Goldston).

Population, income & housing

	Carolina Meadows	Goldston
Population	536	367
Median age	83.2 yrs	38.5 yrs
Median household income	$133,090	$39,592
Median home value	$514,900	$189,300
Median gross rent	$3,176	$950
Housing units	353	162
Homeownership rate	44.8%	83.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	75.4%	15.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carolina Meadows	Goldston
Population	611 → 536 (-12.3%)	245 → 367 (+49.8%)
Median household income	$102,800 → $133,090 (+29.5%)	$42,679 → $39,592 (-7.2%)
Median home value	$381,500 → $514,900 (+35.0%)	$158,100 → $189,300 (+19.7%)
Median gross rent	$2,938 → $3,176 (+8.1%)	$840 → $950 (+13.1%)

Carolina Meadows

Population

611536

Median household income

$102,800$133,090

Median home value

$381,500$514,900

Median gross rent

$2,938$3,176

Goldston

Population

245367

Median household income

$42,679$39,592

Median home value

$158,100$189,300

Median gross rent

$840$950

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carolina Meadows	Goldston
Under 5	0.0%	2.7%
5 to 17	0.0%	14.7%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	3.4%	31.3%
35 to 44	0.0%	7.4%
45 to 54	0.0%	1.6%
55 to 64	0.0%	23.4%
65 to 74	8.0%	9.0%
75 and over	88.6%	9.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carolina Meadows	Goldston
White (non-Hispanic)	91.4%	96.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.2%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.5%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	3.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carolina Meadows	Goldston
No high school diploma	0.0%	31.7%
High school graduate	7.3%	15.8%
Some college or associate's	17.4%	36.6%
Bachelor's degree	26.3%	11.6%
Graduate or professional degree	49.1%	4.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carolina Meadows	Goldston
Drove alone	100.0%	50.6%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	5.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	4.2%
Other means	0.0%	39.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carolina Meadows	Goldston
1-unit, detached	0.6%	97.5%
1-unit, attached	68.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	20.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	11.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.5%

Poverty & households

	Carolina Meadows	Goldston
Poverty rate	0.0%	0.3%
Average household size	1.41	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	—	30
Median year structure built	1994	1964