Half Moon vs Pumpkin Center

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

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

Half Moon has the higher population (7,780 vs 1,753 in Pumpkin Center). Pumpkin Center has the higher median household income ($62,684 vs $61,848 in Half Moon). Half Moon has the higher median home value ($170,900 vs $170,300 in Pumpkin Center).

Population, income & housing

	Half Moon	Pumpkin Center
Population	7,780	1,753
Median age	26.7 yrs	32.3 yrs
Median household income	$61,848	$62,684
Median home value	$170,900	$170,300
Median gross rent	$951	—
Housing units	3,241	684
Homeownership rate	77.9%	88.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.1%	18.9%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	8.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Half Moon	Pumpkin Center
Population	8,243 → 7,780 (-5.6%)	1,693 → 1,753 (+3.5%)
Median household income	$53,361 → $61,848 (+15.9%)	$55,208 → $62,684 (+13.5%)
Median home value	$150,000 → $170,900 (+13.9%)	$133,500 → $170,300 (+27.6%)
Median gross rent	$908 → $951 (+4.7%)	$1,114 → $1,115 (+0.1%)

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

Pumpkin Center

Population

1,6931,753

Median household income

$55,208$62,684

Median home value

$133,500$170,300

Median gross rent

$1,114$1,115

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Half Moon	Pumpkin Center
Under 5	11.8%	0.0%
5 to 17	17.4%	27.5%
18 to 24	18.0%	11.0%
25 to 34	12.6%	16.8%
35 to 44	9.6%	4.4%
45 to 54	12.9%	14.7%
55 to 64	5.2%	11.8%
65 to 74	7.4%	10.2%
75 and over	5.0%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Half Moon	Pumpkin Center
White (non-Hispanic)	54.8%	80.9%
Black or African American	18.1%	13.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.7%
Asian	4.8%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.6%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	14.7%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Half Moon	Pumpkin Center
No high school diploma	4.2%	8.1%
High school graduate	40.8%	33.2%
Some college or associate's	31.9%	39.9%
Bachelor's degree	14.5%	13.1%
Graduate or professional degree	8.6%	5.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Half Moon	Pumpkin Center
Drove alone	75.8%	78.7%
Carpooled	14.8%	6.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.5%	10.3%
Other means	2.2%	4.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Half Moon	Pumpkin Center
1-unit, detached	77.3%	97.5%
1-unit, attached	4.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.7%	2.5%

Poverty & households

	Half Moon	Pumpkin Center
Poverty rate	12.4%	3.4%
Average household size	2.75	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	29	27
Median year structure built	1988	1980