Ayden vs Farmville

A side-by-side comparison of Ayden and Farmville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Ayden has the higher population (5,035 vs 4,493 in Farmville). Farmville has the higher median household income ($50,870 vs $41,711 in Ayden). Farmville has the higher median home value ($184,900 vs $161,200 in Ayden).

Population, income & housing

	Ayden	Farmville
Population	5,035	4,493
Median age	42.4 yrs	41.6 yrs
Median household income	$41,711	$50,870
Median home value	$161,200	$184,900
Median gross rent	$774	$1,019
Housing units	2,734	2,238
Homeownership rate	54.6%	55.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.8%	26.2%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ayden	Farmville
Population	5,132 → 5,035 (-1.9%)	4,712 → 4,493 (-4.6%)
Median household income	$38,919 → $41,711 (+7.2%)	$43,083 → $50,870 (+18.1%)
Median home value	$117,400 → $161,200 (+37.3%)	$141,600 → $184,900 (+30.6%)
Median gross rent	$601 → $774 (+28.8%)	$712 → $1,019 (+43.1%)

Ayden

Population

5,1325,035

Median household income

$38,919$41,711

Median home value

$117,400$161,200

Median gross rent

$601$774

Farmville

Population

4,7124,493

Median household income

$43,083$50,870

Median home value

$141,600$184,900

Median gross rent

$712$1,019

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ayden	Farmville
Under 5	3.6%	3.7%
5 to 17	21.6%	23.6%
18 to 24	4.9%	3.5%
25 to 34	9.8%	13.5%
35 to 44	12.8%	7.3%
45 to 54	11.0%	9.3%
55 to 64	10.7%	12.6%
65 to 74	13.5%	19.5%
75 and over	12.1%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ayden	Farmville
White (non-Hispanic)	52.4%	45.1%
Black or African American	35.0%	44.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	12.5%	6.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ayden	Farmville
No high school diploma	10.7%	15.4%
High school graduate	31.2%	26.3%
Some college or associate's	37.3%	32.1%
Bachelor's degree	13.0%	15.9%
Graduate or professional degree	7.9%	10.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ayden	Farmville
Drove alone	91.3%	71.4%
Carpooled	2.4%	14.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.4%	12.5%
Other means	1.9%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ayden	Farmville
1-unit, detached	68.4%	84.7%
1-unit, attached	3.0%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	16.9%	8.3%
5 to 19 units	4.6%	2.1%
20 or more units	3.4%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	3.8%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Ayden	Farmville
Poverty rate	21.6%	27.0%
Average household size	2.16	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	23	30
Median year structure built	1974	1976