Love Valley vs Troutman

A side-by-side comparison of Love Valley and Troutman: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Troutman has the higher population (3,813 vs 155 in Love Valley). Troutman has the higher median household income ($76,389 vs $26,750 in Love Valley). Troutman has the higher median home value ($349,100 vs $92,500 in Love Valley).

Population, income & housing

	Love Valley	Troutman
Population	155	3,813
Median age	55.0 yrs	35.7 yrs
Median household income	$26,750	$76,389
Median home value	$92,500	$349,100
Median gross rent	$554	$1,045
Housing units	163	1,504
Homeownership rate	55.7%	78.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.6%	38.7%
Unemployment rate	20.5%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Love Valley	Troutman
Population	96 → 155 (+61.5%)	2,685 → 3,813 (+42.0%)
Median household income	$21,875 → $26,750 (+22.3%)	$56,968 → $76,389 (+34.1%)
Median home value	$65,000 → $92,500 (+42.3%)	$197,600 → $349,100 (+76.7%)
Median gross rent	$475 → $554 (+16.6%)	$1,056 → $1,045 (-1.0%)

Love Valley

Population

96155

Median household income

$21,875$26,750

Median home value

$65,000$92,500

Median gross rent

$475$554

Troutman

Population

2,6853,813

Median household income

$56,968$76,389

Median home value

$197,600$349,100

Median gross rent

$1,056$1,045

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Love Valley	Troutman
Under 5	3.2%	13.0%
5 to 17	10.3%	17.0%
18 to 24	8.4%	4.3%
25 to 34	6.5%	12.6%
35 to 44	14.2%	18.8%
45 to 54	7.1%	14.0%
55 to 64	28.4%	10.0%
65 to 74	3.9%	4.5%
75 and over	18.1%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Love Valley	Troutman
White (non-Hispanic)	95.5%	76.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	12.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.5%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	6.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Love Valley	Troutman
No high school diploma	19.0%	3.6%
High school graduate	33.9%	25.8%
Some college or associate's	35.5%	31.9%
Bachelor's degree	11.6%	27.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	11.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Love Valley	Troutman
Drove alone	86.2%	62.5%
Carpooled	0.0%	14.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	13.8%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	21.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Love Valley	Troutman
1-unit, detached	61.3%	94.8%
1-unit, attached	6.7%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	2.5%	3.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	29.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Love Valley	Troutman
Poverty rate	37.4%	3.3%
Average household size	1.60	2.65
Mean commute (minutes)	28	28
Median year structure built	1991	2003