Balfour vs Horse Shoe

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

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

Horse Shoe has the higher population (1,699 vs 1,132 in Balfour). Balfour has the higher median household income ($69,545 vs $67,703 in Horse Shoe). Horse Shoe has the higher median home value ($396,400 vs $294,200 in Balfour).

Population, income & housing

	Balfour	Horse Shoe
Population	1,132	1,699
Median age	42.5 yrs	53.1 yrs
Median household income	$69,545	$67,703
Median home value	$294,200	$396,400
Median gross rent	$743	—
Housing units	582	814
Homeownership rate	71.4%	87.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.3%	48.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	7.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Balfour	Horse Shoe
Population	1,216 → 1,132 (-6.9%)	2,368 → 1,699 (-28.3%)
Median household income	$32,411 → $69,545 (+114.6%)	$73,843 → $67,703 (-8.3%)
Median home value	$162,800 → $294,200 (+80.7%)	$258,000 → $396,400 (+53.6%)
Median gross rent	$627 → $743 (+18.5%)	$860 → $1,075 (+25.0%)

Balfour

Population

1,2161,132

Median household income

$32,411$69,545

Median home value

$162,800$294,200

Median gross rent

$627$743

Horse Shoe

Population

2,3681,699

Median household income

$73,843$67,703

Median home value

$258,000$396,400

Median gross rent

$860$1,075

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Balfour	Horse Shoe
Under 5	5.9%	3.8%
5 to 17	4.2%	11.5%
18 to 24	2.9%	4.8%
25 to 34	21.7%	8.2%
35 to 44	16.8%	9.5%
45 to 54	11.3%	13.8%
55 to 64	11.7%	14.5%
65 to 74	19.2%	20.4%
75 and over	6.2%	13.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Balfour	Horse Shoe
White (non-Hispanic)	83.4%	95.4%
Black or African American	1.9%	0.8%
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%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	9.3%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Balfour	Horse Shoe
No high school diploma	6.8%	1.9%
High school graduate	22.5%	9.4%
Some college or associate's	30.4%	40.2%
Bachelor's degree	27.8%	33.7%
Graduate or professional degree	12.5%	14.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Balfour	Horse Shoe
Drove alone	82.1%	70.7%
Carpooled	5.0%	9.9%
Public transit	0.0%	3.8%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	5.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.4%	15.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Balfour	Horse Shoe
1-unit, detached	78.5%	88.6%
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%	11.4%

Poverty & households

	Balfour	Horse Shoe
Poverty rate	7.8%	9.1%
Average household size	2.31	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	16	24
Median year structure built	1976	1985