Matthews vs Pineville

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

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

Matthews has the higher population (29,959 vs 10,780 in Pineville). Matthews has the higher median household income ($105,579 vs $64,257 in Pineville). Matthews has the higher median home value ($406,800 vs $344,700 in Pineville).

Population, income & housing

	Matthews	Pineville
Population	29,959	10,780
Median age	39.3 yrs	33.9 yrs
Median household income	$105,579	$64,257
Median home value	$406,800	$344,700
Median gross rent	$1,670	$1,467
Housing units	11,945	5,062
Homeownership rate	65.5%	47.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	53.9%	46.6%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Matthews	Pineville
Population	32,044 → 29,959 (-6.5%)	8,749 → 10,780 (+23.2%)
Median household income	$84,594 → $105,579 (+24.8%)	$52,967 → $64,257 (+21.3%)
Median home value	$265,300 → $406,800 (+53.3%)	$219,800 → $344,700 (+56.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,279 → $1,670 (+30.6%)	$1,104 → $1,467 (+32.9%)

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

Pineville

Population

8,74910,780

Median household income

$52,967$64,257

Median home value

$219,800$344,700

Median gross rent

$1,104$1,467

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Matthews	Pineville
Under 5	7.2%	9.2%
5 to 17	14.4%	17.0%
18 to 24	6.9%	6.1%
25 to 34	15.3%	20.4%
35 to 44	11.6%	12.6%
45 to 54	12.0%	9.8%
55 to 64	12.9%	9.6%
65 to 74	9.6%	7.5%
75 and over	10.0%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Matthews	Pineville
White (non-Hispanic)	70.3%	44.9%
Black or African American	13.2%	17.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	6.1%	5.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.7%	10.2%
Hispanic or Latino	6.1%	21.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Matthews	Pineville
No high school diploma	5.2%	5.5%
High school graduate	16.5%	16.4%
Some college or associate's	24.3%	31.6%
Bachelor's degree	37.5%	34.0%
Graduate or professional degree	16.4%	12.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Matthews	Pineville
Drove alone	71.5%	63.8%
Carpooled	10.4%	8.4%
Public transit	0.5%	1.6%
Walked	1.3%	5.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.6%	20.4%
Other means	0.7%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Matthews	Pineville
1-unit, detached	63.2%	36.6%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	16.9%
2 to 4 units	2.6%	2.1%
5 to 19 units	12.7%	21.5%
20 or more units	17.7%	22.9%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Matthews	Pineville
Poverty rate	4.0%	14.0%
Average household size	2.63	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	26	25
Median year structure built	1993	2000