Ayden vs Grimesland

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

Ayden and Grimesland 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 428 in Grimesland). Ayden has the higher median household income ($41,711 vs $35,417 in Grimesland). Grimesland has the higher median home value ($162,500 vs $161,200 in Ayden).

Population, income & housing

	Ayden	Grimesland
Population	5,035	428
Median age	42.4 yrs	33.3 yrs
Median household income	$41,711	$35,417
Median home value	$161,200	$162,500
Median gross rent	$774	$1,000
Housing units	2,734	210
Homeownership rate	54.6%	72.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.8%	15.0%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	16.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ayden	Grimesland
Population	5,132 → 5,035 (-1.9%)	454 → 428 (-5.7%)
Median household income	$38,919 → $41,711 (+7.2%)	$46,094 → $35,417 (-23.2%)
Median home value	$117,400 → $161,200 (+37.3%)	$64,200 → $162,500 (+153.1%)
Median gross rent	$601 → $774 (+28.8%)	$694 → $1,000 (+44.1%)

Ayden

Population

5,1325,035

Median household income

$38,919$41,711

Median home value

$117,400$161,200

Median gross rent

$601$774

Grimesland

Population

454428

Median household income

$46,094$35,417

Median home value

$64,200$162,500

Median gross rent

$694$1,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ayden	Grimesland
Under 5	3.6%	8.4%
5 to 17	21.6%	19.6%
18 to 24	4.9%	11.2%
25 to 34	9.8%	12.6%
35 to 44	12.8%	6.3%
45 to 54	11.0%	12.4%
55 to 64	10.7%	7.9%
65 to 74	13.5%	15.2%
75 and over	12.1%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ayden	Grimesland
White (non-Hispanic)	52.4%	53.7%
Black or African American	35.0%	19.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.5%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.9%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	12.5%	20.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ayden	Grimesland
No high school diploma	10.7%	13.5%
High school graduate	31.2%	39.2%
Some college or associate's	37.3%	32.3%
Bachelor's degree	13.0%	7.7%
Graduate or professional degree	7.9%	7.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ayden	Grimesland
Drove alone	91.3%	78.0%
Carpooled	2.4%	11.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.4%	10.6%
Other means	1.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ayden	Grimesland
1-unit, detached	68.4%	83.3%
1-unit, attached	3.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	16.9%	3.3%
5 to 19 units	4.6%	1.0%
20 or more units	3.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.8%	12.4%

Poverty & households

	Ayden	Grimesland
Poverty rate	21.6%	27.3%
Average household size	2.16	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	23	29
Median year structure built	1974	1977