Pine Level vs Princeton

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

Pine Level and Princeton 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 1,543 in Princeton). Pine Level has the higher median household income ($72,663 vs $36,656 in Princeton). Pine Level has the higher median home value ($228,000 vs $165,800 in Princeton).

Population, income & housing

	Pine Level	Princeton
Population	2,072	1,543
Median age	35.3 yrs	34.8 yrs
Median household income	$72,663	$36,656
Median home value	$228,000	$165,800
Median gross rent	$888	$686
Housing units	843	728
Homeownership rate	78.0%	48.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.6%	10.4%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pine Level	Princeton
Population	2,044 → 2,072 (+1.4%)	1,067 → 1,543 (+44.6%)
Median household income	$50,625 → $72,663 (+43.5%)	$24,917 → $36,656 (+47.1%)
Median home value	$128,800 → $228,000 (+77.0%)	$95,700 → $165,800 (+73.2%)
Median gross rent	$734 → $888 (+21.0%)	$734 → $686 (-6.5%)

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

Princeton

Population

1,0671,543

Median household income

$24,917$36,656

Median home value

$95,700$165,800

Median gross rent

$734$686

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pine Level	Princeton
Under 5	7.5%	9.3%
5 to 17	18.1%	20.9%
18 to 24	5.0%	5.8%
25 to 34	18.7%	14.1%
35 to 44	10.3%	15.7%
45 to 54	9.3%	8.8%
55 to 64	16.6%	8.6%
65 to 74	9.9%	7.6%
75 and over	4.7%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pine Level	Princeton
White (non-Hispanic)	67.2%	47.8%
Black or African American	6.9%	18.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	9.4%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	16.6%	29.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pine Level	Princeton
No high school diploma	8.8%	19.9%
High school graduate	32.3%	25.7%
Some college or associate's	35.4%	44.0%
Bachelor's degree	17.4%	4.9%
Graduate or professional degree	6.2%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pine Level	Princeton
Drove alone	84.4%	94.5%
Carpooled	1.3%	0.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.1%	4.8%
Other means	6.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pine Level	Princeton
1-unit, detached	74.6%	60.0%
1-unit, attached	4.7%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	9.3%	22.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.4%	14.7%

Poverty & households

	Pine Level	Princeton
Poverty rate	7.4%	10.6%
Average household size	2.93	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	21	28
Median year structure built	1986	1977