Bessemer City vs Cramerton

A side-by-side comparison of Bessemer City and Cramerton: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Bessemer City has the higher population (5,508 vs 5,376 in Cramerton). Cramerton has the higher median household income ($94,390 vs $48,784 in Bessemer City). Cramerton has the higher median home value ($322,900 vs $173,000 in Bessemer City).

Population, income & housing

	Bessemer City	Cramerton
Population	5,508	5,376
Median age	34.3 yrs	35.2 yrs
Median household income	$48,784	$94,390
Median home value	$173,000	$322,900
Median gross rent	$942	$1,341
Housing units	2,397	2,472
Homeownership rate	55.9%	68.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.4%	44.3%
Unemployment rate	7.3%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bessemer City	Cramerton
Population	5,471 → 5,508 (+0.7%)	4,359 → 5,376 (+23.3%)
Median household income	$40,714 → $48,784 (+19.8%)	$84,598 → $94,390 (+11.6%)
Median home value	$109,100 → $173,000 (+58.6%)	$206,300 → $322,900 (+56.5%)
Median gross rent	$772 → $942 (+22.0%)	$1,036 → $1,341 (+29.4%)

Bessemer City

Population

5,4715,508

Median household income

$40,714$48,784

Median home value

$109,100$173,000

Median gross rent

$772$942

Cramerton

Population

4,3595,376

Median household income

$84,598$94,390

Median home value

$206,300$322,900

Median gross rent

$1,036$1,341

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bessemer City	Cramerton
Under 5	6.8%	6.8%
5 to 17	13.7%	18.4%
18 to 24	10.5%	4.1%
25 to 34	19.7%	20.2%
35 to 44	8.0%	13.2%
45 to 54	13.4%	13.8%
55 to 64	11.2%	10.2%
65 to 74	10.6%	9.1%
75 and over	6.1%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bessemer City	Cramerton
White (non-Hispanic)	78.7%	80.6%
Black or African American	11.0%	9.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.2%	1.9%
Two or more races	2.8%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	6.9%	3.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bessemer City	Cramerton
No high school diploma	18.0%	4.0%
High school graduate	36.8%	19.0%
Some college or associate's	30.9%	32.7%
Bachelor's degree	9.2%	30.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	14.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bessemer City	Cramerton
Drove alone	78.8%	80.2%
Carpooled	15.5%	2.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.8%	16.1%
Other means	0.2%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bessemer City	Cramerton
1-unit, detached	74.8%	68.6%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	10.0%
2 to 4 units	10.2%	2.6%
5 to 19 units	3.7%	12.5%
20 or more units	4.4%	5.5%
Mobile home & other	5.0%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Bessemer City	Cramerton
Poverty rate	16.3%	3.8%
Average household size	2.56	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	24	25
Median year structure built	1970	2001