Northchase vs Skippers Corner

A side-by-side comparison of Northchase and Skippers Corner: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Northchase has the higher population (5,879 vs 3,834 in Skippers Corner). Skippers Corner has the higher median household income ($67,469 vs $56,659 in Northchase). Northchase has the higher median home value ($286,700 vs $249,200 in Skippers Corner).

Population, income & housing

	Northchase	Skippers Corner
Population	5,879	3,834
Median age	28.9 yrs	43.0 yrs
Median household income	$56,659	$67,469
Median home value	$286,700	$249,200
Median gross rent	$1,342	$759
Housing units	2,531	1,432
Homeownership rate	43.5%	90.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.2%	23.9%
Unemployment rate	20.0%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Northchase	Skippers Corner
Population	3,614 → 5,879 (+62.7%)	2,716 → 3,834 (+41.2%)
Median household income	$52,717 → $56,659 (+7.5%)	$52,813 → $67,469 (+27.8%)
Median home value	$190,400 → $286,700 (+50.6%)	$203,100 → $249,200 (+22.7%)
Median gross rent	$941 → $1,342 (+42.6%)	$725 → $759 (+4.7%)

Northchase

Population

3,6145,879

Median household income

$52,717$56,659

Median home value

$190,400$286,700

Median gross rent

$941$1,342

Skippers Corner

Population

2,7163,834

Median household income

$52,813$67,469

Median home value

$203,100$249,200

Median gross rent

$725$759

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Northchase	Skippers Corner
Under 5	2.0%	7.2%
5 to 17	30.8%	13.7%
18 to 24	13.6%	8.6%
25 to 34	12.7%	12.6%
35 to 44	13.6%	11.0%
45 to 54	6.8%	15.6%
55 to 64	7.9%	13.6%
65 to 74	7.0%	12.4%
75 and over	5.5%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Northchase	Skippers Corner
White (non-Hispanic)	65.4%	81.9%
Black or African American	29.6%	7.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	1.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.1%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	8.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Northchase	Skippers Corner
No high school diploma	4.1%	10.7%
High school graduate	22.5%	27.8%
Some college or associate's	35.3%	37.6%
Bachelor's degree	31.2%	16.1%
Graduate or professional degree	7.0%	7.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Northchase	Skippers Corner
Drove alone	71.9%	77.2%
Carpooled	8.2%	10.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.9%	12.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Northchase	Skippers Corner
1-unit, detached	36.1%	62.5%
1-unit, attached	6.2%	9.9%
2 to 4 units	10.1%	4.6%
5 to 19 units	20.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	21.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.4%	23.0%

Poverty & households

	Northchase	Skippers Corner
Poverty rate	21.1%	31.6%
Average household size	2.60	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	24	19
Median year structure built	1999	1995