Falcon vs Vander

A side-by-side comparison of Falcon and Vander: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Vander has the higher population (1,614 vs 185 in Falcon). Falcon has the higher median household income ($80,208 vs $63,611 in Vander). Vander has the higher median home value ($219,900 vs $177,100 in Falcon).

Population, income & housing

	Falcon	Vander
Population	185	1,614
Median age	67.8 yrs	49.4 yrs
Median household income	$80,208	$63,611
Median home value	$177,100	$219,900
Median gross rent	—	$916
Housing units	55	732
Homeownership rate	100.0%	75.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.9%	21.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Falcon	Vander
Population	197 → 185 (-6.1%)	1,006 → 1,614 (+60.4%)
Median household income	$48,250 → $80,208 (+66.2%)	$37,423 → $63,611 (+70.0%)
Median home value	$117,700 → $177,100 (+50.5%)	$115,600 → $219,900 (+90.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$814 → $916 (+12.5%)

Falcon

Population

197185

Median household income

$48,250$80,208

Median home value

$117,700$177,100

Vander

Population

1,0061,614

Median household income

$37,423$63,611

Median home value

$115,600$219,900

Median gross rent

$814$916

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Falcon	Vander
Under 5	0.0%	4.3%
5 to 17	21.6%	16.2%
18 to 24	9.7%	2.7%
25 to 34	1.6%	6.6%
35 to 44	0.0%	17.3%
45 to 54	1.6%	13.1%
55 to 64	14.6%	18.5%
65 to 74	8.1%	10.4%
75 and over	42.7%	10.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Falcon	Vander
White (non-Hispanic)	89.2%	55.0%
Black or African American	7.0%	35.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	3.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.1%	6.6%
Hispanic or Latino	2.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Falcon	Vander
No high school diploma	10.2%	7.8%
High school graduate	22.0%	29.8%
Some college or associate's	26.8%	41.4%
Bachelor's degree	3.9%	8.4%
Graduate or professional degree	37.0%	12.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Falcon	Vander
Drove alone	65.6%	91.6%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	9.4%	0.0%
Walked	6.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.8%	8.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Falcon	Vander
1-unit, detached	58.2%	71.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.9%	3.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	30.9%	22.4%

Poverty & households

	Falcon	Vander
Poverty rate	44.2%	29.7%
Average household size	2.52	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	48	28
Median year structure built	1987	1991