Germanton vs Rural Hall

A side-by-side comparison of Germanton and Rural Hall: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Rural Hall has the higher population (3,421 vs 851 in Germanton). Germanton has the higher median household income ($76,458 vs $50,665 in Rural Hall). Germanton has the higher median home value ($190,900 vs $183,800 in Rural Hall).

Population, income & housing

	Germanton	Rural Hall
Population	851	3,421
Median age	59.6 yrs	42.6 yrs
Median household income	$76,458	$50,665
Median home value	$190,900	$183,800
Median gross rent	—	$995
Housing units	437	1,732
Homeownership rate	94.0%	68.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.4%	26.0%
Unemployment rate	7.5%	10.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Germanton	Rural Hall
Population	955 → 851 (-10.9%)	3,188 → 3,421 (+7.3%)
Median household income	$47,961 → $76,458 (+59.4%)	$48,700 → $50,665 (+4.0%)
Median home value	$115,900 → $190,900 (+64.7%)	$124,300 → $183,800 (+47.9%)
Median gross rent	—	$800 → $995 (+24.4%)

Germanton

Population

955851

Median household income

$47,961$76,458

Median home value

$115,900$190,900

Rural Hall

Population

3,1883,421

Median household income

$48,700$50,665

Median home value

$124,300$183,800

Median gross rent

$800$995

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Germanton	Rural Hall
Under 5	0.0%	3.6%
5 to 17	3.9%	17.7%
18 to 24	0.0%	6.1%
25 to 34	2.9%	11.4%
35 to 44	13.3%	15.3%
45 to 54	7.3%	15.4%
55 to 64	38.8%	11.9%
65 to 74	25.5%	8.1%
75 and over	8.3%	10.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Germanton	Rural Hall
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	69.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	16.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	0.0%	5.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	7.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Germanton	Rural Hall
No high school diploma	2.7%	8.7%
High school graduate	36.6%	29.5%
Some college or associate's	35.3%	35.8%
Bachelor's degree	13.2%	18.6%
Graduate or professional degree	12.2%	7.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Germanton	Rural Hall
Drove alone	56.5%	76.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	7.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	7.2%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	36.4%	14.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Germanton	Rural Hall
1-unit, detached	95.7%	74.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	10.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.4%
Mobile home & other	4.3%	3.0%

Poverty & households

	Germanton	Rural Hall
Poverty rate	13.4%	15.6%
Average household size	2.04	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	—	27
Median year structure built	1973	1979