Huntersville vs Matthews

A side-by-side comparison of Huntersville and Matthews: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Huntersville has the higher population (62,458 vs 29,959 in Matthews). Huntersville has the higher median household income ($119,951 vs $105,579 in Matthews). Huntersville has the higher median home value ($439,300 vs $406,800 in Matthews).

Population, income & housing

	Huntersville	Matthews
Population	62,458	29,959
Median age	39.9 yrs	39.3 yrs
Median household income	$119,951	$105,579
Median home value	$439,300	$406,800
Median gross rent	$1,742	$1,670
Housing units	24,643	11,945
Homeownership rate	72.4%	65.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	57.3%	53.9%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Huntersville	Matthews
Population	55,980 → 62,458 (+11.6%)	32,044 → 29,959 (-6.5%)
Median household income	$102,016 → $119,951 (+17.6%)	$84,594 → $105,579 (+24.8%)
Median home value	$301,500 → $439,300 (+45.7%)	$265,300 → $406,800 (+53.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,305 → $1,742 (+33.5%)	$1,279 → $1,670 (+30.6%)

Huntersville

Population

55,98062,458

Median household income

$102,016$119,951

Median home value

$301,500$439,300

Median gross rent

$1,305$1,742

Matthews

Population

32,04429,959

Median household income

$84,594$105,579

Median home value

$265,300$406,800

Median gross rent

$1,279$1,670

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Huntersville	Matthews
Under 5	6.1%	7.2%
5 to 17	18.8%	14.4%
18 to 24	5.7%	6.9%
25 to 34	11.9%	15.3%
35 to 44	16.2%	11.6%
45 to 54	16.4%	12.0%
55 to 64	11.8%	12.9%
65 to 74	9.1%	9.6%
75 and over	3.9%	10.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Huntersville	Matthews
White (non-Hispanic)	68.8%	70.3%
Black or African American	13.5%	13.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	5.5%	6.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.4%
Two or more races	4.1%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	7.4%	6.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Huntersville	Matthews
No high school diploma	3.0%	5.2%
High school graduate	13.1%	16.5%
Some college or associate's	26.5%	24.3%
Bachelor's degree	37.1%	37.5%
Graduate or professional degree	20.2%	16.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Huntersville	Matthews
Drove alone	65.7%	71.5%
Carpooled	5.0%	10.4%
Public transit	1.3%	0.5%
Walked	0.8%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	26.1%	15.6%
Other means	1.2%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Huntersville	Matthews
1-unit, detached	76.5%	63.2%
1-unit, attached	5.2%	2.8%
2 to 4 units	1.9%	2.6%
5 to 19 units	6.8%	12.7%
20 or more units	8.2%	17.7%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Huntersville	Matthews
Poverty rate	3.4%	4.0%
Average household size	2.62	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	27	26
Median year structure built	2004	1993