Bailey vs Sharpsburg

A side-by-side comparison of Bailey and Sharpsburg: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Sharpsburg has the higher population (1,629 vs 504 in Bailey). Bailey has the higher median household income ($48,929 vs $39,792 in Sharpsburg). Bailey has the higher median home value ($124,200 vs $116,700 in Sharpsburg).

Population, income & housing

	Bailey	Sharpsburg
Population	504	1,629
Median age	44.5 yrs	34.1 yrs
Median household income	$48,929	$39,792
Median home value	$124,200	$116,700
Median gross rent	$873	$1,002
Housing units	282	803
Homeownership rate	54.8%	51.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.4%	13.0%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bailey	Sharpsburg
Population	529 → 504 (-4.7%)	2,133 → 1,629 (-23.6%)
Median household income	$39,886 → $48,929 (+22.7%)	$26,977 → $39,792 (+47.5%)
Median home value	$107,200 → $124,200 (+15.9%)	$83,000 → $116,700 (+40.6%)
Median gross rent	$903 → $873 (-3.3%)	$764 → $1,002 (+31.2%)

Bailey

Population

529504

Median household income

$39,886$48,929

Median home value

$107,200$124,200

Median gross rent

$903$873

Sharpsburg

Population

2,1331,629

Median household income

$26,977$39,792

Median home value

$83,000$116,700

Median gross rent

$764$1,002

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bailey	Sharpsburg
Under 5	7.5%	13.4%
5 to 17	20.4%	18.8%
18 to 24	3.2%	7.4%
25 to 34	6.5%	11.0%
35 to 44	15.9%	11.0%
45 to 54	14.7%	11.9%
55 to 64	10.1%	13.6%
65 to 74	15.7%	8.5%
75 and over	6.0%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bailey	Sharpsburg
White (non-Hispanic)	42.3%	35.4%
Black or African American	10.5%	63.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	6.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.7%
Two or more races	1.6%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	39.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bailey	Sharpsburg
No high school diploma	23.1%	21.8%
High school graduate	31.4%	34.5%
Some college or associate's	33.1%	30.7%
Bachelor's degree	9.2%	9.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.2%	4.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bailey	Sharpsburg
Drove alone	85.5%	81.3%
Carpooled	3.2%	7.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.3%	11.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bailey	Sharpsburg
1-unit, detached	73.8%	56.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.0%	24.9%
5 to 19 units	2.5%	0.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	18.8%	17.8%

Poverty & households

	Bailey	Sharpsburg
Poverty rate	25.6%	19.8%
Average household size	2.64	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	28	29
Median year structure built	1958	1988