Half Moon vs Jacksonville

A side-by-side comparison of Half Moon and Jacksonville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Jacksonville has the higher population (73,507 vs 7,780 in Half Moon). Half Moon has the higher median household income ($61,848 vs $54,069 in Jacksonville). Jacksonville has the higher median home value ($191,700 vs $170,900 in Half Moon).

Population, income & housing

	Half Moon	Jacksonville
Population	7,780	73,507
Median age	26.7 yrs	23.3 yrs
Median household income	$61,848	$54,069
Median home value	$170,900	$191,700
Median gross rent	$951	$1,268
Housing units	3,241	25,768
Homeownership rate	77.9%	37.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.1%	25.0%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	7.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Half Moon	Jacksonville
Population	8,243 → 7,780 (-5.6%)	73,025 → 73,507 (+0.7%)
Median household income	$53,361 → $61,848 (+15.9%)	$44,956 → $54,069 (+20.3%)
Median home value	$150,000 → $170,900 (+13.9%)	$154,900 → $191,700 (+23.8%)
Median gross rent	$908 → $951 (+4.7%)	$992 → $1,268 (+27.8%)

Half Moon

Population

8,2437,780

Median household income

$53,361$61,848

Median home value

$150,000$170,900

Median gross rent

$908$951

Jacksonville

Population

73,02573,507

Median household income

$44,956$54,069

Median home value

$154,900$191,700

Median gross rent

$992$1,268

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Half Moon	Jacksonville
Under 5	11.8%	7.2%
5 to 17	17.4%	11.0%
18 to 24	18.0%	39.7%
25 to 34	12.6%	15.7%
35 to 44	9.6%	8.3%
45 to 54	12.9%	5.1%
55 to 64	5.2%	5.3%
65 to 74	7.4%	4.9%
75 and over	5.0%	2.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Half Moon	Jacksonville
White (non-Hispanic)	54.8%	55.5%
Black or African American	18.1%	15.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.6%
Asian	4.8%	2.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	7.6%	6.5%
Hispanic or Latino	14.7%	18.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Half Moon	Jacksonville
No high school diploma	4.2%	5.2%
High school graduate	40.8%	30.8%
Some college or associate's	31.9%	38.9%
Bachelor's degree	14.5%	17.1%
Graduate or professional degree	8.6%	7.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Half Moon	Jacksonville
Drove alone	75.8%	55.1%
Carpooled	14.8%	17.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	0.7%	14.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	6.5%	10.8%
Other means	2.2%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Half Moon	Jacksonville
1-unit, detached	77.3%	47.1%
1-unit, attached	4.0%	21.1%
2 to 4 units	7.0%	8.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	10.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	9.9%
Mobile home & other	11.7%	2.8%

Poverty & households

	Half Moon	Jacksonville
Poverty rate	12.4%	13.5%
Average household size	2.75	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	29	15
Median year structure built	1988	1992