Tyro vs Yadkin College

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

Tyro and Yadkin College 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 354 in Yadkin College). Yadkin College has the higher median household income ($60,568 vs $57,198 in Tyro). Since 2019, Tyro's population has grown faster (-8.1% vs -49.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Tyro	Yadkin College
Population	3,635	354
Median age	36.8 yrs	31.8 yrs
Median household income	$57,198	$60,568
Median home value	$182,000	—
Median gross rent	$776	—
Housing units	1,435	226
Homeownership rate	82.4%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.0%	2.1%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Tyro	Yadkin College
Population	3,954 → 3,635 (-8.1%)	696 → 354 (-49.1%)
Median household income	$55,714 → $57,198 (+2.7%)	$67,344 → $60,568 (-10.1%)
Median home value	$126,200 → $182,000 (+44.2%)	$147,800 → $133,800 (-9.5%)
Median gross rent	$748 → $776 (+3.7%)	—

Tyro

Population

3,9543,635

Median household income

$55,714$57,198

Median home value

$126,200$182,000

Median gross rent

$748$776

Yadkin College

Population

696354

Median household income

$67,344$60,568

Median home value

$147,800$133,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Tyro	Yadkin College
Under 5	5.4%	16.4%
5 to 17	12.8%	2.5%
18 to 24	9.1%	0.8%
25 to 34	19.4%	34.2%
35 to 44	5.6%	3.1%
45 to 54	15.8%	0.0%
55 to 64	16.7%	37.6%
65 to 74	9.3%	5.4%
75 and over	6.0%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Tyro	Yadkin College
White (non-Hispanic)	95.2%	100.0%
Black or African American	2.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	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	2.1%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Tyro	Yadkin College
No high school diploma	9.3%	22.9%
High school graduate	43.3%	50.0%
Some college or associate's	30.4%	25.0%
Bachelor's degree	13.7%	2.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Tyro	Yadkin College
Drove alone	81.2%	100.0%
Carpooled	13.1%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.9%	0.0%
Other means	1.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Tyro	Yadkin College
1-unit, detached	58.1%	87.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	40.7%	12.8%

Poverty & households

	Tyro	Yadkin College
Poverty rate	16.3%	15.8%
Average household size	2.59	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	26	36
Median year structure built	1990	1984