Mesic vs Vandemere

A side-by-side comparison of Mesic and Vandemere: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Mesic has the higher population (206 vs 204 in Vandemere). Mesic has the higher median home value ($164,900 vs $95,000 in Vandemere). Since 2019, Mesic's population has grown faster (+44.1% vs -12.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Mesic	Vandemere
Population	206	204
Median age	54.5 yrs	57.9 yrs
Median household income	—	$31,250
Median home value	$164,900	$95,000
Housing units	122	156
Homeownership rate	78.3%	90.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.3%	14.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	8.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mesic	Vandemere
Population	143 → 206 (+44.1%)	234 → 204 (-12.8%)
Median household income	$41,250 → $40,156 (-2.7%)	$34,444 → $31,250 (-9.3%)
Median home value	$133,300 → $164,900 (+23.7%)	$112,500 → $95,000 (-15.6%)
Median gross rent	$713 → $586 (-17.8%)	—

Mesic

Population

143206

Median household income

$41,250$40,156

Median home value

$133,300$164,900

Median gross rent

$713$586

Vandemere

Population

234204

Median household income

$34,444$31,250

Median home value

$112,500$95,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mesic	Vandemere
Under 5	3.4%	6.9%
5 to 17	9.2%	12.7%
18 to 24	7.3%	1.0%
25 to 34	9.7%	3.9%
35 to 44	9.7%	6.4%
45 to 54	10.7%	9.8%
55 to 64	13.6%	21.1%
65 to 74	17.0%	28.4%
75 and over	19.4%	9.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mesic	Vandemere
White (non-Hispanic)	49.5%	52.5%
Black or African American	50.5%	45.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mesic	Vandemere
No high school diploma	12.7%	25.3%
High school graduate	60.0%	22.2%
Some college or associate's	17.0%	38.3%
Bachelor's degree	7.9%	7.4%
Graduate or professional degree	2.4%	6.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mesic	Vandemere
Drove alone	93.5%	78.4%
Carpooled	5.2%	9.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	5.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	5.9%
Other means	1.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mesic	Vandemere
1-unit, detached	73.8%	67.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	26.2%	32.7%

Poverty & households

	Mesic	Vandemere
Poverty rate	14.6%	25.5%
Average household size	2.48	2.04
Mean commute (minutes)	21	14
Median year structure built	1981	1991