Denton vs Southmont

A side-by-side comparison of Denton and Southmont: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Southmont has the higher population (1,293 vs 1,271 in Denton). Southmont has the higher median household income ($55,000 vs $46,061 in Denton). Southmont has the higher median home value ($273,300 vs $160,400 in Denton).

Population, income & housing

	Denton	Southmont
Population	1,271	1,293
Median age	42.5 yrs	49.9 yrs
Median household income	$46,061	$55,000
Median home value	$160,400	$273,300
Median gross rent	$731	—
Housing units	718	802
Homeownership rate	62.5%	94.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.8%	36.5%
Unemployment rate	10.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Denton	Southmont
Population	1,660 → 1,271 (-23.4%)	1,150 → 1,293 (+12.4%)
Median household income	$34,931 → $46,061 (+31.9%)	$52,386 → $55,000 (+5.0%)
Median home value	$95,600 → $160,400 (+67.8%)	$165,200 → $273,300 (+65.4%)
Median gross rent	$626 → $731 (+16.8%)	—

Denton

Population

1,6601,271

Median household income

$34,931$46,061

Median home value

$95,600$160,400

Median gross rent

$626$731

Southmont

Population

1,1501,293

Median household income

$52,386$55,000

Median home value

$165,200$273,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Denton	Southmont
Under 5	3.1%	7.5%
5 to 17	19.6%	6.8%
18 to 24	6.4%	14.5%
25 to 34	12.5%	12.0%
35 to 44	11.3%	8.8%
45 to 54	12.7%	5.6%
55 to 64	15.9%	14.5%
65 to 74	10.5%	10.5%
75 and over	7.9%	19.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Denton	Southmont
White (non-Hispanic)	90.7%	84.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	14.7%
Hispanic or Latino	8.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Denton	Southmont
No high school diploma	19.5%	8.0%
High school graduate	39.0%	25.7%
Some college or associate's	28.7%	29.8%
Bachelor's degree	10.7%	24.3%
Graduate or professional degree	2.1%	12.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Denton	Southmont
Drove alone	80.9%	82.6%
Carpooled	12.4%	9.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.0%	8.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Denton	Southmont
1-unit, detached	77.2%	81.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.9%	18.7%

Poverty & households

	Denton	Southmont
Poverty rate	15.1%	21.7%
Average household size	2.23	2.03
Mean commute (minutes)	29	37
Median year structure built	1972	1987