Half Moon vs Piney Green

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

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

Piney Green has the higher population (14,205 vs 7,780 in Half Moon). Piney Green has the higher median household income ($65,179 vs $61,848 in Half Moon). Piney Green has the higher median home value ($220,000 vs $170,900 in Half Moon).

Population, income & housing

	Half Moon	Piney Green
Population	7,780	14,205
Median age	26.7 yrs	30.0 yrs
Median household income	$61,848	$65,179
Median home value	$170,900	$220,000
Median gross rent	$951	$1,151
Housing units	3,241	5,949
Homeownership rate	77.9%	64.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.1%	24.2%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	7.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Half Moon	Piney Green
Population	8,243 → 7,780 (-5.6%)	13,741 → 14,205 (+3.4%)
Median household income	$53,361 → $61,848 (+15.9%)	$45,787 → $65,179 (+42.4%)
Median home value	$150,000 → $170,900 (+13.9%)	$150,600 → $220,000 (+46.1%)
Median gross rent	$908 → $951 (+4.7%)	$927 → $1,151 (+24.2%)

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

Piney Green

Population

13,74114,205

Median household income

$45,787$65,179

Median home value

$150,600$220,000

Median gross rent

$927$1,151

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Half Moon	Piney Green
Under 5	11.8%	6.2%
5 to 17	17.4%	23.9%
18 to 24	18.0%	10.7%
25 to 34	12.6%	16.1%
35 to 44	9.6%	15.4%
45 to 54	12.9%	8.8%
55 to 64	5.2%	8.4%
65 to 74	7.4%	5.8%
75 and over	5.0%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Half Moon	Piney Green
White (non-Hispanic)	54.8%	52.7%
Black or African American	18.1%	19.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.9%
Asian	4.8%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.4%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	7.6%	7.6%
Hispanic or Latino	14.7%	17.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Half Moon	Piney Green
No high school diploma	4.2%	6.6%
High school graduate	40.8%	32.6%
Some college or associate's	31.9%	36.6%
Bachelor's degree	14.5%	17.8%
Graduate or professional degree	8.6%	6.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Half Moon	Piney Green
Drove alone	75.8%	75.7%
Carpooled	14.8%	13.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.5%	10.3%
Other means	2.2%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Half Moon	Piney Green
1-unit, detached	77.3%	70.5%
1-unit, attached	4.0%	8.6%
2 to 4 units	7.0%	4.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	11.7%	11.4%

Poverty & households

	Half Moon	Piney Green
Poverty rate	12.4%	12.1%
Average household size	2.75	2.78
Mean commute (minutes)	29	24
Median year structure built	1988	1993