Aberdeen vs Southern Pines

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

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

Southern Pines has the higher population (16,052 vs 8,969 in Aberdeen). Southern Pines has the higher median household income ($83,681 vs $72,955 in Aberdeen). Southern Pines has the higher median home value ($416,300 vs $287,200 in Aberdeen).

Population, income & housing

	Aberdeen	Southern Pines
Population	8,969	16,052
Median age	36.1 yrs	38.6 yrs
Median household income	$72,955	$83,681
Median home value	$287,200	$416,300
Median gross rent	$1,151	$1,215
Housing units	4,207	8,711
Homeownership rate	62.8%	56.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.0%	54.7%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Aberdeen	Southern Pines
Population	7,595 → 8,969 (+18.1%)	14,022 → 16,052 (+14.5%)
Median household income	$54,597 → $72,955 (+33.6%)	$58,843 → $83,681 (+42.2%)
Median home value	$202,100 → $287,200 (+42.1%)	$289,700 → $416,300 (+43.7%)
Median gross rent	$815 → $1,151 (+41.2%)	$912 → $1,215 (+33.2%)

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

Southern Pines

Population

14,02216,052

Median household income

$58,843$83,681

Median home value

$289,700$416,300

Median gross rent

$912$1,215

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Aberdeen	Southern Pines
Under 5	7.1%	8.2%
5 to 17	17.0%	11.6%
18 to 24	5.0%	6.9%
25 to 34	19.1%	16.0%
35 to 44	17.0%	12.4%
45 to 54	7.5%	9.3%
55 to 64	12.4%	7.2%
65 to 74	8.3%	12.2%
75 and over	6.5%	16.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Aberdeen	Southern Pines
White (non-Hispanic)	65.6%	73.9%
Black or African American	21.1%	11.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.2%
Asian	3.7%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	4.7%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	3.1%	6.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Aberdeen	Southern Pines
No high school diploma	4.8%	6.7%
High school graduate	21.1%	15.9%
Some college or associate's	38.2%	22.7%
Bachelor's degree	22.0%	32.1%
Graduate or professional degree	14.0%	22.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Aberdeen	Southern Pines
Drove alone	77.8%	74.9%
Carpooled	6.5%	2.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.7%
Walked	1.4%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.5%	14.1%
Other means	4.9%	6.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Aberdeen	Southern Pines
1-unit, detached	64.1%	55.0%
1-unit, attached	4.6%	8.2%
2 to 4 units	15.0%	11.4%
5 to 19 units	10.1%	14.6%
20 or more units	2.9%	9.4%
Mobile home & other	3.2%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Aberdeen	Southern Pines
Poverty rate	10.3%	10.0%
Average household size	2.23	2.12
Mean commute (minutes)	28	24
Median year structure built	2003	1994