Jacksonville vs Piney Green

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

Jacksonville 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.

Jacksonville has the higher population (73,507 vs 14,205 in Piney Green). Piney Green has the higher median household income ($65,179 vs $54,069 in Jacksonville). Piney Green has the higher median home value ($220,000 vs $191,700 in Jacksonville).

Population, income & housing

	Jacksonville	Piney Green
Population	73,507	14,205
Median age	23.3 yrs	30.0 yrs
Median household income	$54,069	$65,179
Median home value	$191,700	$220,000
Median gross rent	$1,268	$1,151
Housing units	25,768	5,949
Homeownership rate	37.0%	64.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.0%	24.2%
Unemployment rate	7.7%	7.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jacksonville	Piney Green
Population	73,025 → 73,507 (+0.7%)	13,741 → 14,205 (+3.4%)
Median household income	$44,956 → $54,069 (+20.3%)	$45,787 → $65,179 (+42.4%)
Median home value	$154,900 → $191,700 (+23.8%)	$150,600 → $220,000 (+46.1%)
Median gross rent	$992 → $1,268 (+27.8%)	$927 → $1,151 (+24.2%)

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

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)

	Jacksonville	Piney Green
Under 5	7.2%	6.2%
5 to 17	11.0%	23.9%
18 to 24	39.7%	10.7%
25 to 34	15.7%	16.1%
35 to 44	8.3%	15.4%
45 to 54	5.1%	8.8%
55 to 64	5.3%	8.4%
65 to 74	4.9%	5.8%
75 and over	2.8%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jacksonville	Piney Green
White (non-Hispanic)	55.5%	52.7%
Black or African American	15.6%	19.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.9%
Asian	2.6%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.4%
Some other race	0.1%	0.1%
Two or more races	6.5%	7.6%
Hispanic or Latino	18.8%	17.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jacksonville	Piney Green
No high school diploma	5.2%	6.6%
High school graduate	30.8%	32.6%
Some college or associate's	38.9%	36.6%
Bachelor's degree	17.1%	17.8%
Graduate or professional degree	7.9%	6.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jacksonville	Piney Green
Drove alone	55.1%	75.7%
Carpooled	17.7%	13.2%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	14.8%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.8%	10.3%
Other means	1.2%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jacksonville	Piney Green
1-unit, detached	47.1%	70.5%
1-unit, attached	21.1%	8.6%
2 to 4 units	8.3%	4.6%
5 to 19 units	10.8%	2.9%
20 or more units	9.9%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	2.8%	11.4%

Poverty & households

	Jacksonville	Piney Green
Poverty rate	13.5%	12.1%
Average household size	2.36	2.78
Mean commute (minutes)	15	24
Median year structure built	1992	1993