Aberdeen vs Foxfire

A side-by-side comparison of Aberdeen and Foxfire: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Aberdeen has the higher population (8,969 vs 1,730 in Foxfire). Foxfire has the higher median household income ($75,163 vs $72,955 in Aberdeen). Foxfire has the higher median home value ($352,300 vs $287,200 in Aberdeen).

Population, income & housing

	Aberdeen	Foxfire
Population	8,969	1,730
Median age	36.1 yrs	38.9 yrs
Median household income	$72,955	$75,163
Median home value	$287,200	$352,300
Median gross rent	$1,151	$1,082
Housing units	4,207	711
Homeownership rate	62.8%	80.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.0%	35.4%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Aberdeen	Foxfire
Population	7,595 → 8,969 (+18.1%)	1,434 → 1,730 (+20.6%)
Median household income	$54,597 → $72,955 (+33.6%)	$63,810 → $75,163 (+17.8%)
Median home value	$202,100 → $287,200 (+42.1%)	$245,400 → $352,300 (+43.6%)
Median gross rent	$815 → $1,151 (+41.2%)	$835 → $1,082 (+29.6%)

Aberdeen

Population

7,5958,969

Median household income

$54,597$72,955

Median home value

$202,100$287,200

Median gross rent

$815$1,151

Foxfire

Population

1,4341,730

Median household income

$63,810$75,163

Median home value

$245,400$352,300

Median gross rent

$835$1,082

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Aberdeen	Foxfire
Under 5	7.1%	4.9%
5 to 17	17.0%	21.1%
18 to 24	5.0%	7.2%
25 to 34	19.1%	7.8%
35 to 44	17.0%	14.1%
45 to 54	7.5%	8.8%
55 to 64	12.4%	13.5%
65 to 74	8.3%	13.1%
75 and over	6.5%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Aberdeen	Foxfire
White (non-Hispanic)	65.6%	80.2%
Black or African American	21.1%	9.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.3%
Asian	3.7%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.7%	6.5%
Hispanic or Latino	3.1%	3.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Aberdeen	Foxfire
No high school diploma	4.8%	3.0%
High school graduate	21.1%	14.8%
Some college or associate's	38.2%	46.8%
Bachelor's degree	22.0%	23.6%
Graduate or professional degree	14.0%	11.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Aberdeen	Foxfire
Drove alone	77.8%	86.7%
Carpooled	6.5%	2.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.5%	9.7%
Other means	4.9%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Aberdeen	Foxfire
1-unit, detached	64.1%	83.1%
1-unit, attached	4.6%	3.9%
2 to 4 units	15.0%	5.5%
5 to 19 units	10.1%	6.8%
20 or more units	2.9%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	3.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Aberdeen	Foxfire
Poverty rate	10.3%	1.8%
Average household size	2.23	2.68
Mean commute (minutes)	28	24
Median year structure built	2003	1997