Etowah vs Fletcher

A side-by-side comparison of Etowah and Fletcher: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Fletcher has the higher population (8,022 vs 7,765 in Etowah). Fletcher has the higher median household income ($75,117 vs $73,000 in Etowah). Fletcher has the higher median home value ($324,000 vs $313,500 in Etowah).

Population, income & housing

	Etowah	Fletcher
Population	7,765	8,022
Median age	46.2 yrs	45.5 yrs
Median household income	$73,000	$75,117
Median home value	$313,500	$324,000
Median gross rent	$1,442	$1,207
Housing units	3,678	3,760
Homeownership rate	83.5%	82.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.5%	39.1%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Etowah	Fletcher
Population	7,653 → 7,765 (+1.5%)	8,117 → 8,022 (-1.2%)
Median household income	$56,048 → $73,000 (+30.2%)	$64,839 → $75,117 (+15.9%)
Median home value	$214,700 → $313,500 (+46.0%)	$215,700 → $324,000 (+50.2%)
Median gross rent	$654 → $1,442 (+120.5%)	$1,117 → $1,207 (+8.1%)

Etowah

Population

7,6537,765

Median household income

$56,048$73,000

Median home value

$214,700$313,500

Median gross rent

$654$1,442

Fletcher

Population

8,1178,022

Median household income

$64,839$75,117

Median home value

$215,700$324,000

Median gross rent

$1,117$1,207

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Etowah	Fletcher
Under 5	5.9%	4.4%
5 to 17	13.0%	11.9%
18 to 24	5.8%	6.7%
25 to 34	11.5%	10.1%
35 to 44	12.3%	16.1%
45 to 54	8.1%	11.3%
55 to 64	16.4%	16.2%
65 to 74	16.4%	15.0%
75 and over	10.6%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Etowah	Fletcher
White (non-Hispanic)	89.3%	81.0%
Black or African American	1.0%	3.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	3.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.1%	1.3%
Two or more races	1.0%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	6.4%	9.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Etowah	Fletcher
No high school diploma	7.0%	6.6%
High school graduate	24.7%	20.0%
Some college or associate's	32.8%	34.4%
Bachelor's degree	21.9%	30.0%
Graduate or professional degree	13.6%	9.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Etowah	Fletcher
Drove alone	77.5%	83.5%
Carpooled	15.6%	6.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.2%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.3%	9.7%
Other means	0.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Etowah	Fletcher
1-unit, detached	80.0%	63.7%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	15.5%
2 to 4 units	3.5%	3.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	8.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	14.7%	6.9%

Poverty & households

	Etowah	Fletcher
Poverty rate	12.8%	7.4%
Average household size	2.46	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	27	19
Median year structure built	1988	2001