Five Points vs Raeford

A side-by-side comparison of Five Points and Raeford: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Raeford has the higher population (4,545 vs 1,096 in Five Points). Five Points has the higher median home value ($284,700 vs $177,900 in Raeford). Since 2019, Five Points's population has grown faster (+13.8% vs -7.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Five Points	Raeford
Population	1,096	4,545
Median age	42.6 yrs	36.2 yrs
Median household income	—	$43,311
Median home value	$284,700	$177,900
Median gross rent	$1,213	$791
Housing units	428	1,912
Homeownership rate	75.2%	58.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.9%	20.4%
Unemployment rate	13.0%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Five Points	Raeford
Population	963 → 1,096 (+13.8%)	4,926 → 4,545 (-7.7%)
Median household income	$63,327 → $63,188 (-0.2%)	$36,523 → $43,311 (+18.6%)
Median home value	$170,500 → $284,700 (+67.0%)	$111,500 → $177,900 (+59.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,067 → $1,213 (+13.7%)	$753 → $791 (+5.0%)

Five Points

Population

9631,096

Median household income

$63,327$63,188

Median home value

$170,500$284,700

Median gross rent

$1,067$1,213

Raeford

Population

4,9264,545

Median household income

$36,523$43,311

Median home value

$111,500$177,900

Median gross rent

$753$791

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Five Points	Raeford
Under 5	3.3%	6.3%
5 to 17	9.8%	18.3%
18 to 24	13.7%	7.7%
25 to 34	13.1%	13.8%
35 to 44	15.6%	11.7%
45 to 54	15.1%	9.6%
55 to 64	15.6%	12.4%
65 to 74	10.1%	12.8%
75 and over	3.6%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Five Points	Raeford
White (non-Hispanic)	52.3%	38.2%
Black or African American	33.0%	41.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	4.5%	6.6%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.6%	7.2%
Hispanic or Latino	6.7%	6.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Five Points	Raeford
No high school diploma	1.0%	13.8%
High school graduate	26.0%	30.8%
Some college or associate's	47.1%	34.9%
Bachelor's degree	15.1%	16.2%
Graduate or professional degree	10.8%	4.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Five Points	Raeford
Drove alone	68.1%	79.7%
Carpooled	28.1%	4.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.7%
Walked	0.0%	7.2%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.9%	6.8%
Other means	0.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Five Points	Raeford
1-unit, detached	79.7%	72.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	5.1%	13.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	9.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.5%
Mobile home & other	15.2%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Five Points	Raeford
Poverty rate	21.2%	23.5%
Average household size	2.75	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	31	23
Median year structure built	2002	1976