Crouse vs Lincolnton

A side-by-side comparison of Crouse and Lincolnton: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lincolnton has the higher population (11,503 vs 358 in Crouse). Crouse has the higher median household income ($82,667 vs $43,294 in Lincolnton). Lincolnton has the higher median home value ($224,600 vs $212,700 in Crouse).

Population, income & housing

	Crouse	Lincolnton
Population	358	11,503
Median age	62.0 yrs	37.7 yrs
Median household income	$82,667	$43,294
Median home value	$212,700	$224,600
Median gross rent	—	$920
Housing units	194	5,407
Homeownership rate	100.0%	45.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.7%	19.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Crouse	Lincolnton
Population	143 → 358 (+150.3%)	10,832 → 11,503 (+6.2%)
Median household income	$153,864 → $82,667 (-46.3%)	$37,027 → $43,294 (+16.9%)
Median home value	$182,800 → $212,700 (+16.4%)	$153,800 → $224,600 (+46.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$672 → $920 (+36.9%)

Crouse

Population

143358

Median household income

$153,864$82,667

Median home value

$182,800$212,700

Lincolnton

Population

10,83211,503

Median household income

$37,027$43,294

Median home value

$153,800$224,600

Median gross rent

$672$920

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Crouse	Lincolnton
Under 5	10.9%	7.4%
5 to 17	0.0%	15.3%
18 to 24	0.0%	12.6%
25 to 34	14.8%	12.5%
35 to 44	4.2%	10.1%
45 to 54	15.6%	9.6%
55 to 64	30.4%	12.0%
65 to 74	13.7%	11.5%
75 and over	10.3%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Crouse	Lincolnton
White (non-Hispanic)	77.9%	58.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	20.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.1%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	15.9%	17.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Crouse	Lincolnton
No high school diploma	12.5%	12.7%
High school graduate	21.3%	30.7%
Some college or associate's	50.5%	37.2%
Bachelor's degree	4.7%	13.6%
Graduate or professional degree	11.0%	5.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Crouse	Lincolnton
Drove alone	88.1%	79.5%
Carpooled	0.0%	5.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	0.0%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	8.7%
Other means	11.9%	3.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Crouse	Lincolnton
1-unit, detached	90.2%	62.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	18.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	10.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.4%
Mobile home & other	9.8%	2.9%

Poverty & households

	Crouse	Lincolnton
Poverty rate	0.0%	18.4%
Average household size	1.85	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	48	24
Median year structure built	1957	1970