Louisburg vs Youngsville

A side-by-side comparison of Louisburg and Youngsville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Louisburg has the higher population (3,128 vs 2,581 in Youngsville). Youngsville has the higher median household income ($61,813 vs $31,827 in Louisburg). Youngsville has the higher median home value ($404,500 vs $217,400 in Louisburg).

Population, income & housing

	Louisburg	Youngsville
Population	3,128	2,581
Median age	36.4 yrs	30.6 yrs
Median household income	$31,827	$61,813
Median home value	$217,400	$404,500
Median gross rent	$1,008	$1,139
Housing units	1,220	1,011
Homeownership rate	32.3%	56.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.4%	38.7%
Unemployment rate	26.6%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Louisburg	Youngsville
Population	3,531 → 3,128 (-11.4%)	2,003 → 2,581 (+28.9%)
Median household income	$41,250 → $31,827 (-22.8%)	$50,956 → $61,813 (+21.3%)
Median home value	$161,100 → $217,400 (+34.9%)	$242,600 → $404,500 (+66.7%)
Median gross rent	$586 → $1,008 (+72.0%)	$881 → $1,139 (+29.3%)

Louisburg

Population

3,5313,128

Median household income

$41,250$31,827

Median home value

$161,100$217,400

Median gross rent

$586$1,008

Youngsville

Population

2,0032,581

Median household income

$50,956$61,813

Median home value

$242,600$404,500

Median gross rent

$881$1,139

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Louisburg	Youngsville
Under 5	5.1%	6.5%
5 to 17	16.5%	26.9%
18 to 24	17.0%	6.7%
25 to 34	9.6%	15.1%
35 to 44	8.9%	15.8%
45 to 54	8.8%	10.5%
55 to 64	10.7%	10.6%
65 to 74	7.8%	5.3%
75 and over	15.6%	2.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Louisburg	Youngsville
White (non-Hispanic)	42.3%	61.3%
Black or African American	47.0%	28.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.3%
Asian	1.2%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.8%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	8.5%	7.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Louisburg	Youngsville
No high school diploma	15.6%	2.1%
High school graduate	33.7%	23.4%
Some college or associate's	30.4%	35.8%
Bachelor's degree	10.8%	23.7%
Graduate or professional degree	9.6%	14.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Louisburg	Youngsville
Drove alone	78.2%	81.3%
Carpooled	13.4%	4.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.7%	11.6%
Other means	0.0%	2.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Louisburg	Youngsville
1-unit, detached	59.8%	72.2%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	13.0%	2.6%
5 to 19 units	12.5%	17.2%
20 or more units	7.4%	4.7%
Mobile home & other	5.0%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Louisburg	Youngsville
Poverty rate	37.1%	12.6%
Average household size	2.21	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	38	29
Median year structure built	1970	2004