Alliance vs Arapahoe

A side-by-side comparison of Alliance and Arapahoe: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Alliance has the higher population (812 vs 384 in Arapahoe). Arapahoe has the higher median household income ($69,792 vs $44,167 in Alliance). Arapahoe has the higher median home value ($136,300 vs $128,400 in Alliance).

Population, income & housing

	Alliance	Arapahoe
Population	812	384
Median age	65.3 yrs	45.2 yrs
Median household income	$44,167	$69,792
Median home value	$128,400	$136,300
Median gross rent	—	$1,101
Housing units	403	196
Homeownership rate	71.3%	68.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.9%	17.5%
Unemployment rate	7.6%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alliance	Arapahoe
Population	809 → 812 (+0.4%)	410 → 384 (-6.3%)
Median household income	$38,421 → $44,167 (+15.0%)	$48,036 → $69,792 (+45.3%)
Median home value	$115,400 → $128,400 (+11.3%)	$107,800 → $136,300 (+26.4%)
Median gross rent	$329 → $295 (-10.3%)	$685 → $1,101 (+60.7%)

Alliance

Population

809812

Median household income

$38,421$44,167

Median home value

$115,400$128,400

Median gross rent

$329$295

Arapahoe

Population

410384

Median household income

$48,036$69,792

Median home value

$107,800$136,300

Median gross rent

$685$1,101

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alliance	Arapahoe
Under 5	4.2%	2.6%
5 to 17	8.5%	12.0%
18 to 24	4.1%	11.2%
25 to 34	5.8%	10.7%
35 to 44	1.8%	12.8%
45 to 54	9.9%	13.0%
55 to 64	14.4%	22.7%
65 to 74	25.7%	8.6%
75 and over	25.6%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alliance	Arapahoe
White (non-Hispanic)	79.2%	84.4%
Black or African American	16.1%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	3.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.5%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	4.2%	6.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alliance	Arapahoe
No high school diploma	22.2%	2.5%
High school graduate	40.5%	50.5%
Some college or associate's	24.4%	29.5%
Bachelor's degree	8.7%	11.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.1%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alliance	Arapahoe
Drove alone	85.5%	87.4%
Carpooled	3.9%	2.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.5%	8.2%
Other means	0.0%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alliance	Arapahoe
1-unit, detached	60.0%	72.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	12.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.7%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	25.6%	26.5%

Poverty & households

	Alliance	Arapahoe
Poverty rate	17.6%	18.9%
Average household size	2.09	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	19	22
Median year structure built	1988	1979