Barker Heights vs Horse Shoe

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

Barker Heights 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 1,025 in Barker Heights). Horse Shoe has the higher median household income ($67,703 vs $28,929 in Barker Heights). Horse Shoe has the higher median home value ($396,400 vs $199,700 in Barker Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Barker Heights	Horse Shoe
Population	1,025	1,699
Median age	45.6 yrs	53.1 yrs
Median household income	$28,929	$67,703
Median home value	$199,700	$396,400
Median gross rent	$790	—
Housing units	538	814
Homeownership rate	33.9%	87.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.3%	48.5%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	7.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Barker Heights	Horse Shoe
Population	1,354 → 1,025 (-24.3%)	2,368 → 1,699 (-28.3%)
Median household income	$29,268 → $28,929 (-1.2%)	$73,843 → $67,703 (-8.3%)
Median home value	$147,000 → $199,700 (+35.9%)	$258,000 → $396,400 (+53.6%)
Median gross rent	$647 → $790 (+22.1%)	$860 → $1,075 (+25.0%)

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

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)

	Barker Heights	Horse Shoe
Under 5	2.8%	3.8%
5 to 17	16.2%	11.5%
18 to 24	9.7%	4.8%
25 to 34	9.0%	8.2%
35 to 44	11.2%	9.5%
45 to 54	30.0%	13.8%
55 to 64	14.4%	14.5%
65 to 74	4.3%	20.4%
75 and over	2.3%	13.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Barker Heights	Horse Shoe
White (non-Hispanic)	44.5%	95.4%
Black or African American	9.8%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.4%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	37.3%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Barker Heights	Horse Shoe
No high school diploma	33.2%	1.9%
High school graduate	33.8%	9.4%
Some college or associate's	29.7%	40.2%
Bachelor's degree	1.4%	33.7%
Graduate or professional degree	1.9%	14.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Barker Heights	Horse Shoe
Drove alone	98.5%	70.7%
Carpooled	0.0%	9.9%
Public transit	0.0%	3.8%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.5%	15.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Barker Heights	Horse Shoe
1-unit, detached	70.6%	88.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	22.9%	11.4%

Poverty & households

	Barker Heights	Horse Shoe
Poverty rate	41.3%	9.1%
Average household size	1.96	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	18	24
Median year structure built	1964	1985