Alliance vs Oriental

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

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

Oriental has the higher population (930 vs 812 in Alliance). Oriental has the higher median household income ($57,875 vs $44,167 in Alliance). Oriental has the higher median home value ($406,800 vs $128,400 in Alliance).

Population, income & housing

	Alliance	Oriental
Population	812	930
Median age	65.3 yrs	68.7 yrs
Median household income	$44,167	$57,875
Median home value	$128,400	$406,800
Median gross rent	—	$1,106
Housing units	403	817
Homeownership rate	71.3%	81.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.9%	52.6%
Unemployment rate	7.6%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alliance	Oriental
Population	809 → 812 (+0.4%)	994 → 930 (-6.4%)
Median household income	$38,421 → $44,167 (+15.0%)	$53,631 → $57,875 (+7.9%)
Median home value	$115,400 → $128,400 (+11.3%)	$273,300 → $406,800 (+48.8%)
Median gross rent	$329 → $295 (-10.3%)	$963 → $1,106 (+14.8%)

Alliance

Population

809812

Median household income

$38,421$44,167

Median home value

$115,400$128,400

Median gross rent

$329$295

Oriental

Population

994930

Median household income

$53,631$57,875

Median home value

$273,300$406,800

Median gross rent

$963$1,106

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alliance	Oriental
Under 5	4.2%	0.4%
5 to 17	8.5%	2.4%
18 to 24	4.1%	0.8%
25 to 34	5.8%	0.4%
35 to 44	1.8%	1.8%
45 to 54	9.9%	6.8%
55 to 64	14.4%	24.1%
65 to 74	25.7%	39.9%
75 and over	25.6%	23.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alliance	Oriental
White (non-Hispanic)	79.2%	91.8%
Black or African American	16.1%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	0.5%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	4.2%	5.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alliance	Oriental
No high school diploma	22.2%	2.2%
High school graduate	40.5%	14.4%
Some college or associate's	24.4%	30.8%
Bachelor's degree	8.7%	25.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.1%	27.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alliance	Oriental
Drove alone	85.5%	67.2%
Carpooled	3.9%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.6%
Worked from home	10.5%	28.8%
Other means	0.0%	2.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alliance	Oriental
1-unit, detached	60.0%	76.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	1.0%	12.9%
5 to 19 units	12.7%	5.4%
20 or more units	0.7%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	25.6%	2.7%

Poverty & households

	Alliance	Oriental
Poverty rate	17.6%	6.3%
Average household size	2.09	1.62
Mean commute (minutes)	19	14
Median year structure built	1988	1990