Biscoe vs Candor

A side-by-side comparison of Biscoe and Candor: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Biscoe has the higher population (2,259 vs 1,284 in Candor). Candor has the higher median household income ($46,983 vs $43,773 in Biscoe). Candor has the higher median home value ($139,400 vs $112,800 in Biscoe).

Population, income & housing

	Biscoe	Candor
Population	2,259	1,284
Median age	30.0 yrs	34.5 yrs
Median household income	$43,773	$46,983
Median home value	$112,800	$139,400
Median gross rent	$615	$1,082
Housing units	944	472
Homeownership rate	49.6%	70.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.6%	16.9%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Biscoe	Candor
Population	2,334 → 2,259 (-3.2%)	1,068 → 1,284 (+20.2%)
Median household income	$41,900 → $43,773 (+4.5%)	$41,984 → $46,983 (+11.9%)
Median home value	$78,800 → $112,800 (+43.1%)	$100,400 → $139,400 (+38.8%)
Median gross rent	$600 → $615 (+2.5%)	$645 → $1,082 (+67.8%)

Biscoe

Population

2,3342,259

Median household income

$41,900$43,773

Median home value

$78,800$112,800

Median gross rent

$600$615

Candor

Population

1,0681,284

Median household income

$41,984$46,983

Median home value

$100,400$139,400

Median gross rent

$645$1,082

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Biscoe	Candor
Under 5	6.7%	4.3%
5 to 17	26.7%	23.1%
18 to 24	9.3%	12.9%
25 to 34	12.5%	10.4%
35 to 44	13.1%	15.3%
45 to 54	6.2%	16.7%
55 to 64	5.5%	9.7%
65 to 74	7.6%	4.8%
75 and over	12.5%	2.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Biscoe	Candor
White (non-Hispanic)	35.1%	34.3%
Black or African American	20.8%	30.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.9%
Asian	0.9%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	5.0%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	38.3%	32.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Biscoe	Candor
No high school diploma	22.4%	27.6%
High school graduate	39.5%	32.2%
Some college or associate's	26.5%	23.3%
Bachelor's degree	2.4%	13.2%
Graduate or professional degree	9.2%	3.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Biscoe	Candor
Drove alone	71.0%	80.7%
Carpooled	21.4%	18.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.1%	0.8%
Other means	4.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Biscoe	Candor
1-unit, detached	60.3%	89.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	1.0%	0.8%
5 to 19 units	8.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	29.7%	8.9%

Poverty & households

	Biscoe	Candor
Poverty rate	37.4%	22.3%
Average household size	2.84	3.11
Mean commute (minutes)	22	22
Median year structure built	1974	1967