Balfour vs Gerton

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

Balfour and Gerton 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 196 in Gerton). Gerton has the higher median home value ($349,000 vs $294,200 in Balfour). Since 2019, Balfour's population has grown faster (-6.9% vs -35.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Balfour	Gerton
Population	1,132	196
Median age	42.5 yrs	58.3 yrs
Median household income	$69,545	—
Median home value	$294,200	$349,000
Median gross rent	$743	—
Housing units	582	170
Homeownership rate	71.4%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.3%	33.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Balfour	Gerton
Population	1,216 → 1,132 (-6.9%)	303 → 196 (-35.3%)
Median household income	$32,411 → $69,545 (+114.6%)	—
Median home value	$162,800 → $294,200 (+80.7%)	$218,200 → $349,000 (+59.9%)
Median gross rent	$627 → $743 (+18.5%)	—

Balfour

Population

1,2161,132

Median household income

$32,411$69,545

Median home value

$162,800$294,200

Median gross rent

$627$743

Gerton

Population

303196

Median home value

$218,200$349,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Balfour	Gerton
Under 5	5.9%	0.0%
5 to 17	4.2%	0.0%
18 to 24	2.9%	6.1%
25 to 34	21.7%	5.1%
35 to 44	16.8%	21.9%
45 to 54	11.3%	11.2%
55 to 64	11.7%	27.6%
65 to 74	19.2%	12.2%
75 and over	6.2%	15.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Balfour	Gerton
White (non-Hispanic)	83.4%	100.0%
Black or African American	1.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.5%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	9.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Balfour	Gerton
No high school diploma	6.8%	0.0%
High school graduate	22.5%	53.3%
Some college or associate's	30.4%	13.0%
Bachelor's degree	27.8%	29.3%
Graduate or professional degree	12.5%	4.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Balfour	Gerton
Drove alone	82.1%	100.0%
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%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Balfour	Gerton
1-unit, detached	78.5%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	4.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	7.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Balfour	Gerton
Poverty rate	7.8%	14.8%
Average household size	2.31	1.81
Mean commute (minutes)	16	28
Median year structure built	1976	1955