Kings Grant vs Myrtle Grove

A side-by-side comparison of Kings Grant and Myrtle Grove: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Myrtle Grove has the higher population (12,404 vs 9,061 in Kings Grant). Myrtle Grove has the higher median household income ($112,139 vs $60,009 in Kings Grant). Myrtle Grove has the higher median home value ($398,600 vs $258,200 in Kings Grant).

Population, income & housing

	Kings Grant	Myrtle Grove
Population	9,061	12,404
Median age	37.6 yrs	41.7 yrs
Median household income	$60,009	$112,139
Median home value	$258,200	$398,600
Median gross rent	$1,290	$1,523
Housing units	4,324	4,995
Homeownership rate	64.7%	82.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.8%	46.5%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kings Grant	Myrtle Grove
Population	8,647 → 9,061 (+4.8%)	10,753 → 12,404 (+15.4%)
Median household income	$58,365 → $60,009 (+2.8%)	$78,000 → $112,139 (+43.8%)
Median home value	$174,000 → $258,200 (+48.4%)	$280,500 → $398,600 (+42.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,164 → $1,290 (+10.8%)	$1,180 → $1,523 (+29.1%)

Kings Grant

Population

8,6479,061

Median household income

$58,365$60,009

Median home value

$174,000$258,200

Median gross rent

$1,164$1,290

Myrtle Grove

Population

10,75312,404

Median household income

$78,000$112,139

Median home value

$280,500$398,600

Median gross rent

$1,180$1,523

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kings Grant	Myrtle Grove
Under 5	7.2%	6.0%
5 to 17	11.0%	18.3%
18 to 24	10.3%	4.4%
25 to 34	17.4%	8.2%
35 to 44	14.9%	17.9%
45 to 54	12.4%	13.8%
55 to 64	10.6%	14.7%
65 to 74	10.7%	10.5%
75 and over	5.3%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kings Grant	Myrtle Grove
White (non-Hispanic)	72.9%	89.4%
Black or African American	8.9%	5.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	2.4%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.1%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	12.1%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kings Grant	Myrtle Grove
No high school diploma	20.3%	5.8%
High school graduate	22.0%	15.1%
Some college or associate's	31.8%	32.6%
Bachelor's degree	18.3%	29.9%
Graduate or professional degree	7.5%	16.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kings Grant	Myrtle Grove
Drove alone	66.8%	74.1%
Carpooled	11.5%	2.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	0.0%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.7%	21.4%
Other means	0.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kings Grant	Myrtle Grove
1-unit, detached	73.2%	89.2%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	13.2%	3.3%
5 to 19 units	4.0%	1.6%
20 or more units	0.5%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	8.4%	4.1%

Poverty & households

	Kings Grant	Myrtle Grove
Poverty rate	14.1%	5.9%
Average household size	2.19	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	22	21
Median year structure built	1980	1997