Nebo vs Old Fort

A side-by-side comparison of Nebo and Old Fort: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Nebo has the higher population (1,608 vs 643 in Old Fort). Old Fort has the higher median household income ($50,357 vs $47,907 in Nebo). Old Fort has the higher median home value ($121,400 vs $104,100 in Nebo).

Population, income & housing

	Nebo	Old Fort
Population	1,608	643
Median age	50.1 yrs	52.1 yrs
Median household income	$47,907	$50,357
Median home value	$104,100	$121,400
Median gross rent	—	$771
Housing units	735	456
Homeownership rate	75.4%	52.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.1%	24.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Nebo	Old Fort
Population	1,318 → 1,608 (+22.0%)	1,004 → 643 (-36.0%)
Median household income	$33,094 → $47,907 (+44.8%)	$28,125 → $50,357 (+79.0%)
Median home value	$107,100 → $104,100 (-2.8%)	$82,400 → $121,400 (+47.3%)
Median gross rent	—	$540 → $771 (+42.8%)

Nebo

Population

1,3181,608

Median household income

$33,094$47,907

Median home value

$107,100$104,100

Old Fort

Population

1,004643

Median household income

$28,125$50,357

Median home value

$82,400$121,400

Median gross rent

$540$771

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Nebo	Old Fort
Under 5	9.6%	1.2%
5 to 17	8.0%	12.1%
18 to 24	13.2%	8.2%
25 to 34	7.9%	11.4%
35 to 44	4.4%	8.2%
45 to 54	12.1%	17.0%
55 to 64	24.6%	13.7%
65 to 74	13.1%	12.8%
75 and over	7.0%	15.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Nebo	Old Fort
White (non-Hispanic)	96.6%	90.7%
Black or African American	1.3%	3.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	2.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.3%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Nebo	Old Fort
No high school diploma	31.0%	5.8%
High school graduate	35.0%	37.7%
Some college or associate's	21.9%	32.5%
Bachelor's degree	6.2%	19.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	5.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Nebo	Old Fort
Drove alone	91.9%	73.9%
Carpooled	1.5%	12.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.6%	6.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.0%	7.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Nebo	Old Fort
1-unit, detached	68.8%	58.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	8.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	31.2%	28.1%

Poverty & households

	Nebo	Old Fort
Poverty rate	14.9%	14.0%
Average household size	2.44	1.85
Mean commute (minutes)	27	23
Median year structure built	1991	1963