Blue Clay Farms vs Castle Hayne

A side-by-side comparison of Blue Clay Farms and Castle Hayne: population, income, housing, and more.

Blue Clay Farms and Castle Hayne are places in North Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Castle Hayne has the higher population (978 vs 179 in Blue Clay Farms). Blue Clay Farms has the higher median home value ($363,000 vs $326,700 in Castle Hayne). Since 2019, Blue Clay Farms's population has grown faster (+2883.3% vs -4.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Blue Clay Farms	Castle Hayne
Population	179	978
Median age	37.3 yrs	55.7 yrs
Median household income	—	$69,729
Median home value	$363,000	$326,700
Median gross rent	—	$897
Housing units	98	431
Homeownership rate	100.0%	83.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	82.4%	28.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blue Clay Farms	Castle Hayne
Population	6 → 179 (+2883.3%)	1,027 → 978 (-4.8%)
Median household income	—	$43,955 → $69,729 (+58.6%)
Median home value	$326,400 → $363,000 (+11.2%)	$175,900 → $326,700 (+85.7%)
Median gross rent	—	$776 → $897 (+15.6%)

Blue Clay Farms

Population

6179

Median home value

$326,400$363,000

Castle Hayne

Population

1,027978

Median household income

$43,955$69,729

Median home value

$175,900$326,700

Median gross rent

$776$897

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blue Clay Farms	Castle Hayne
Under 5	15.6%	0.0%
5 to 17	14.5%	22.5%
18 to 24	0.0%	3.4%
25 to 34	7.3%	9.1%
35 to 44	38.0%	6.9%
45 to 54	0.0%	6.7%
55 to 64	12.3%	15.6%
65 to 74	12.3%	20.2%
75 and over	0.0%	15.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blue Clay Farms	Castle Hayne
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	76.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	22.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blue Clay Farms	Castle Hayne
No high school diploma	0.0%	8.1%
High school graduate	0.0%	21.9%
Some college or associate's	17.6%	41.8%
Bachelor's degree	28.0%	26.5%
Graduate or professional degree	54.4%	1.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blue Clay Farms	Castle Hayne
Drove alone	53.9%	84.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	5.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	46.1%	10.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blue Clay Farms	Castle Hayne
1-unit, detached	100.0%	78.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	8.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	7.9%

Poverty & households

	Blue Clay Farms	Castle Hayne
Poverty rate	0.0%	8.1%
Average household size	2.84	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	—	26
Median year structure built	2018	1989