Chapel Hill vs Efland

A side-by-side comparison of Chapel Hill and Efland: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Chapel Hill has the higher population (59,889 vs 1,064 in Efland). Chapel Hill has the higher median household income ($85,825 vs $72,396 in Efland). Chapel Hill has the higher median home value ($576,500 vs $192,900 in Efland).

Population, income & housing

	Chapel Hill	Efland
Population	59,889	1,064
Median age	25.8 yrs	43.7 yrs
Median household income	$85,825	$72,396
Median home value	$576,500	$192,900
Median gross rent	$1,483	—
Housing units	23,205	539
Homeownership rate	48.7%	80.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	77.2%	38.9%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chapel Hill	Efland
Population	60,998 → 59,889 (-1.8%)	668 → 1,064 (+59.3%)
Median household income	$73,614 → $85,825 (+16.6%)	$75,795 → $72,396 (-4.5%)
Median home value	$399,700 → $576,500 (+44.2%)	$201,600 → $192,900 (-4.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,191 → $1,483 (+24.5%)	—

Chapel Hill

Population

60,99859,889

Median household income

$73,614$85,825

Median home value

$399,700$576,500

Median gross rent

$1,191$1,483

Efland

Population

6681,064

Median household income

$75,795$72,396

Median home value

$201,600$192,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chapel Hill	Efland
Under 5	3.4%	0.0%
5 to 17	11.9%	28.6%
18 to 24	32.8%	8.8%
25 to 34	12.6%	3.7%
35 to 44	8.9%	18.4%
45 to 54	9.8%	17.6%
55 to 64	8.1%	14.0%
65 to 74	7.1%	7.8%
75 and over	5.4%	1.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chapel Hill	Efland
White (non-Hispanic)	63.8%	90.3%
Black or African American	10.8%	9.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	13.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.1%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	7.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chapel Hill	Efland
No high school diploma	3.8%	0.0%
High school graduate	7.8%	14.9%
Some college or associate's	11.3%	46.2%
Bachelor's degree	32.0%	18.6%
Graduate or professional degree	45.2%	20.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chapel Hill	Efland
Drove alone	48.1%	81.7%
Carpooled	6.8%	0.0%
Public transit	6.6%	0.0%
Walked	7.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	2.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	27.1%	18.3%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chapel Hill	Efland
1-unit, detached	41.6%	80.1%
1-unit, attached	12.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.5%	2.2%
5 to 19 units	18.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	18.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	17.6%

Poverty & households

	Chapel Hill	Efland
Poverty rate	19.6%	0.0%
Average household size	2.36	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	20	30
Median year structure built	1988	1991