Gibsonville vs Stokesdale

A side-by-side comparison of Gibsonville and Stokesdale: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Gibsonville has the higher population (9,289 vs 5,943 in Stokesdale). Stokesdale has the higher median household income ($135,389 vs $105,981 in Gibsonville). Stokesdale has the higher median home value ($368,600 vs $262,400 in Gibsonville).

Population, income & housing

	Gibsonville	Stokesdale
Population	9,289	5,943
Median age	41.7 yrs	43.0 yrs
Median household income	$105,981	$135,389
Median home value	$262,400	$368,600
Median gross rent	$865	$783
Housing units	3,977	1,969
Homeownership rate	83.4%	94.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.4%	41.0%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gibsonville	Stokesdale
Population	7,127 → 9,289 (+30.3%)	5,396 → 5,943 (+10.1%)
Median household income	$66,761 → $105,981 (+58.7%)	$84,583 → $135,389 (+60.1%)
Median home value	$174,000 → $262,400 (+50.8%)	$205,400 → $368,600 (+79.5%)
Median gross rent	$807 → $865 (+7.2%)	$895 → $783 (-12.5%)

Gibsonville

Population

7,1279,289

Median household income

$66,761$105,981

Median home value

$174,000$262,400

Median gross rent

$807$865

Stokesdale

Population

5,3965,943

Median household income

$84,583$135,389

Median home value

$205,400$368,600

Median gross rent

$895$783

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gibsonville	Stokesdale
Under 5	4.0%	4.5%
5 to 17	19.6%	22.5%
18 to 24	5.7%	7.6%
25 to 34	9.0%	4.6%
35 to 44	14.3%	17.1%
45 to 54	15.1%	14.5%
55 to 64	14.9%	17.7%
65 to 74	9.4%	8.3%
75 and over	8.0%	3.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gibsonville	Stokesdale
White (non-Hispanic)	74.5%	69.2%
Black or African American	22.6%	9.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.3%	6.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	13.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gibsonville	Stokesdale
No high school diploma	6.5%	2.0%
High school graduate	20.9%	24.8%
Some college or associate's	34.1%	32.2%
Bachelor's degree	23.5%	26.7%
Graduate or professional degree	14.9%	14.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gibsonville	Stokesdale
Drove alone	79.6%	70.7%
Carpooled	11.4%	4.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.3%	4.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.2%	18.2%
Other means	2.4%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gibsonville	Stokesdale
1-unit, detached	84.0%	91.5%
1-unit, attached	6.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.5%	4.2%
5 to 19 units	0.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.9%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	4.5%	2.8%

Poverty & households

	Gibsonville	Stokesdale
Poverty rate	8.4%	7.6%
Average household size	2.53	3.01
Mean commute (minutes)	24	27
Median year structure built	2002	2002