Gerton vs Horse Shoe

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

Gerton 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 196 in Gerton). Horse Shoe has the higher median home value ($396,400 vs $349,000 in Gerton). Since 2019, Horse Shoe's population has grown faster (-28.3% vs -35.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Gerton	Horse Shoe
Population	196	1,699
Median age	58.3 yrs	53.1 yrs
Median household income	—	$67,703
Median home value	$349,000	$396,400
Housing units	170	814
Homeownership rate	100.0%	87.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.7%	48.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	7.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gerton	Horse Shoe
Population	303 → 196 (-35.3%)	2,368 → 1,699 (-28.3%)
Median household income	—	$73,843 → $67,703 (-8.3%)
Median home value	$218,200 → $349,000 (+59.9%)	$258,000 → $396,400 (+53.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$860 → $1,075 (+25.0%)

Gerton

Population

303196

Median home value

$218,200$349,000

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)

	Gerton	Horse Shoe
Under 5	0.0%	3.8%
5 to 17	0.0%	11.5%
18 to 24	6.1%	4.8%
25 to 34	5.1%	8.2%
35 to 44	21.9%	9.5%
45 to 54	11.2%	13.8%
55 to 64	27.6%	14.5%
65 to 74	12.2%	20.4%
75 and over	15.8%	13.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gerton	Horse Shoe
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	95.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	0.0%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gerton	Horse Shoe
No high school diploma	0.0%	1.9%
High school graduate	53.3%	9.4%
Some college or associate's	13.0%	40.2%
Bachelor's degree	29.3%	33.7%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	14.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gerton	Horse Shoe
Drove alone	100.0%	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	0.0%	15.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gerton	Horse Shoe
1-unit, detached	100.0%	88.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	11.4%

Poverty & households

	Gerton	Horse Shoe
Poverty rate	14.8%	9.1%
Average household size	1.81	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	28	24
Median year structure built	1955	1985