Micro vs Pine Level

A side-by-side comparison of Micro and Pine Level: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Pine Level has the higher population (2,072 vs 788 in Micro). Pine Level has the higher median household income ($72,663 vs $51,094 in Micro). Pine Level has the higher median home value ($228,000 vs $212,500 in Micro).

Population, income & housing

	Micro	Pine Level
Population	788	2,072
Median age	31.5 yrs	35.3 yrs
Median household income	$51,094	$72,663
Median home value	$212,500	$228,000
Median gross rent	$748	$888
Housing units	315	843
Homeownership rate	53.3%	78.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.4%	23.6%
Unemployment rate	15.2%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Micro	Pine Level
Population	672 → 788 (+17.3%)	2,044 → 2,072 (+1.4%)
Median household income	$31,875 → $51,094 (+60.3%)	$50,625 → $72,663 (+43.5%)
Median home value	$85,400 → $212,500 (+148.8%)	$128,800 → $228,000 (+77.0%)
Median gross rent	$769 → $748 (-2.7%)	$734 → $888 (+21.0%)

Micro

Population

672788

Median household income

$31,875$51,094

Median home value

$85,400$212,500

Median gross rent

$769$748

Pine Level

Population

2,0442,072

Median household income

$50,625$72,663

Median home value

$128,800$228,000

Median gross rent

$734$888

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Micro	Pine Level
Under 5	11.9%	7.5%
5 to 17	18.0%	18.1%
18 to 24	6.0%	5.0%
25 to 34	17.6%	18.7%
35 to 44	17.0%	10.3%
45 to 54	7.6%	9.3%
55 to 64	6.5%	16.6%
65 to 74	10.0%	9.9%
75 and over	5.3%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Micro	Pine Level
White (non-Hispanic)	41.5%	67.2%
Black or African American	17.9%	6.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.0%	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	3.6%	9.4%
Hispanic or Latino	35.0%	16.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Micro	Pine Level
No high school diploma	12.3%	8.8%
High school graduate	45.1%	32.3%
Some college or associate's	24.2%	35.4%
Bachelor's degree	17.0%	17.4%
Graduate or professional degree	1.4%	6.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Micro	Pine Level
Drove alone	61.7%	84.4%
Carpooled	16.1%	1.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	22.3%	6.1%
Other means	0.0%	6.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Micro	Pine Level
1-unit, detached	48.3%	74.6%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	4.7%
2 to 4 units	28.6%	9.3%
5 to 19 units	3.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	16.5%	11.4%

Poverty & households

	Micro	Pine Level
Poverty rate	21.9%	7.4%
Average household size	2.76	2.93
Mean commute (minutes)	29	21
Median year structure built	1984	1986