Southmont vs Tyro

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

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

Tyro has the higher population (3,635 vs 1,293 in Southmont). Tyro has the higher median household income ($57,198 vs $55,000 in Southmont). Southmont has the higher median home value ($273,300 vs $182,000 in Tyro).

Population, income & housing

	Southmont	Tyro
Population	1,293	3,635
Median age	49.9 yrs	36.8 yrs
Median household income	$55,000	$57,198
Median home value	$273,300	$182,000
Median gross rent	—	$776
Housing units	802	1,435
Homeownership rate	94.2%	82.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.5%	17.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Southmont	Tyro
Population	1,150 → 1,293 (+12.4%)	3,954 → 3,635 (-8.1%)
Median household income	$52,386 → $55,000 (+5.0%)	$55,714 → $57,198 (+2.7%)
Median home value	$165,200 → $273,300 (+65.4%)	$126,200 → $182,000 (+44.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$748 → $776 (+3.7%)

Southmont

Population

1,1501,293

Median household income

$52,386$55,000

Median home value

$165,200$273,300

Tyro

Population

3,9543,635

Median household income

$55,714$57,198

Median home value

$126,200$182,000

Median gross rent

$748$776

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Southmont	Tyro
Under 5	7.5%	5.4%
5 to 17	6.8%	12.8%
18 to 24	14.5%	9.1%
25 to 34	12.0%	19.4%
35 to 44	8.8%	5.6%
45 to 54	5.6%	15.8%
55 to 64	14.5%	16.7%
65 to 74	10.5%	9.3%
75 and over	19.7%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Southmont	Tyro
White (non-Hispanic)	84.6%	95.2%
Black or African American	0.4%	2.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	14.7%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Southmont	Tyro
No high school diploma	8.0%	9.3%
High school graduate	25.7%	43.3%
Some college or associate's	29.8%	30.4%
Bachelor's degree	24.3%	13.7%
Graduate or professional degree	12.2%	3.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Southmont	Tyro
Drove alone	82.6%	81.2%
Carpooled	9.2%	13.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.2%	3.9%
Other means	0.0%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Southmont	Tyro
1-unit, detached	81.3%	58.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	18.7%	40.7%

Poverty & households

	Southmont	Tyro
Poverty rate	21.7%	16.3%
Average household size	2.03	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	37	26
Median year structure built	1987	1990