Bailey vs Whitakers

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

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

Bailey has the higher population (504 vs 411 in Whitakers). Bailey has the higher median household income ($48,929 vs $41,875 in Whitakers). Whitakers has the higher median home value ($125,900 vs $124,200 in Bailey).

Population, income & housing

	Bailey	Whitakers
Population	504	411
Median age	44.5 yrs	37.0 yrs
Median household income	$48,929	$41,875
Median home value	$124,200	$125,900
Median gross rent	$873	$888
Housing units	282	338
Homeownership rate	54.8%	51.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.4%	21.8%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	10.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bailey	Whitakers
Population	529 → 504 (-4.7%)	649 → 411 (-36.7%)
Median household income	$39,886 → $48,929 (+22.7%)	$31,250 → $41,875 (+34.0%)
Median home value	$107,200 → $124,200 (+15.9%)	$82,900 → $125,900 (+51.9%)
Median gross rent	$903 → $873 (-3.3%)	$609 → $888 (+45.8%)

Bailey

Population

529504

Median household income

$39,886$48,929

Median home value

$107,200$124,200

Median gross rent

$903$873

Whitakers

Population

649411

Median household income

$31,250$41,875

Median home value

$82,900$125,900

Median gross rent

$609$888

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bailey	Whitakers
Under 5	7.5%	3.9%
5 to 17	20.4%	13.9%
18 to 24	3.2%	7.3%
25 to 34	6.5%	20.7%
35 to 44	15.9%	6.8%
45 to 54	14.7%	17.3%
55 to 64	10.1%	16.8%
65 to 74	15.7%	8.5%
75 and over	6.0%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bailey	Whitakers
White (non-Hispanic)	42.3%	20.9%
Black or African American	10.5%	75.9%
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%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.6%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	39.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bailey	Whitakers
No high school diploma	23.1%	4.9%
High school graduate	31.4%	25.3%
Some college or associate's	33.1%	48.1%
Bachelor's degree	9.2%	9.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.2%	12.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bailey	Whitakers
Drove alone	85.5%	77.3%
Carpooled	3.2%	7.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.3%	15.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bailey	Whitakers
1-unit, detached	73.8%	66.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	5.0%	6.2%
5 to 19 units	2.5%	0.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	18.8%	26.6%

Poverty & households

	Bailey	Whitakers
Poverty rate	25.6%	13.6%
Average household size	2.64	1.77
Mean commute (minutes)	28	29
Median year structure built	1958	1974