Balfour vs Barker Heights

A side-by-side comparison of Balfour and Barker Heights: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Balfour has the higher population (1,132 vs 1,025 in Barker Heights). Balfour has the higher median household income ($69,545 vs $28,929 in Barker Heights). Balfour has the higher median home value ($294,200 vs $199,700 in Barker Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Balfour	Barker Heights
Population	1,132	1,025
Median age	42.5 yrs	45.6 yrs
Median household income	$69,545	$28,929
Median home value	$294,200	$199,700
Median gross rent	$743	$790
Housing units	582	538
Homeownership rate	71.4%	33.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.3%	3.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Balfour	Barker Heights
Population	1,216 → 1,132 (-6.9%)	1,354 → 1,025 (-24.3%)
Median household income	$32,411 → $69,545 (+114.6%)	$29,268 → $28,929 (-1.2%)
Median home value	$162,800 → $294,200 (+80.7%)	$147,000 → $199,700 (+35.9%)
Median gross rent	$627 → $743 (+18.5%)	$647 → $790 (+22.1%)

Balfour

Population

1,2161,132

Median household income

$32,411$69,545

Median home value

$162,800$294,200

Median gross rent

$627$743

Barker Heights

Population

1,3541,025

Median household income

$29,268$28,929

Median home value

$147,000$199,700

Median gross rent

$647$790

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Balfour	Barker Heights
Under 5	5.9%	2.8%
5 to 17	4.2%	16.2%
18 to 24	2.9%	9.7%
25 to 34	21.7%	9.0%
35 to 44	16.8%	11.2%
45 to 54	11.3%	30.0%
55 to 64	11.7%	14.4%
65 to 74	19.2%	4.3%
75 and over	6.2%	2.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Balfour	Barker Heights
White (non-Hispanic)	83.4%	44.5%
Black or African American	1.9%	9.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.5%	7.4%
Hispanic or Latino	9.3%	37.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Balfour	Barker Heights
No high school diploma	6.8%	33.2%
High school graduate	22.5%	33.8%
Some college or associate's	30.4%	29.7%
Bachelor's degree	27.8%	1.4%
Graduate or professional degree	12.5%	1.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Balfour	Barker Heights
Drove alone	82.1%	98.5%
Carpooled	5.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	5.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.4%	1.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Balfour	Barker Heights
1-unit, detached	78.5%	70.6%
1-unit, attached	4.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.4%	3.3%
5 to 19 units	7.0%	3.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.8%	22.9%

Poverty & households

	Balfour	Barker Heights
Poverty rate	7.8%	41.3%
Average household size	2.31	1.96
Mean commute (minutes)	16	18
Median year structure built	1976	1964