Eden vs Mayodan

A side-by-side comparison of Eden and Mayodan: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Eden has the higher population (15,353 vs 2,446 in Mayodan). Eden has the higher median household income ($50,959 vs $42,336 in Mayodan). Eden has the higher median home value ($122,800 vs $116,100 in Mayodan).

Population, income & housing

	Eden	Mayodan
Population	15,353	2,446
Median age	36.9 yrs	54.7 yrs
Median household income	$50,959	$42,336
Median home value	$122,800	$116,100
Median gross rent	$816	$781
Housing units	7,210	1,336
Homeownership rate	52.5%	61.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.0%	13.0%
Unemployment rate	7.1%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Eden	Mayodan
Population	15,055 → 15,353 (+2.0%)	2,508 → 2,446 (-2.5%)
Median household income	$34,917 → $50,959 (+45.9%)	$27,614 → $42,336 (+53.3%)
Median home value	$87,500 → $122,800 (+40.3%)	$91,100 → $116,100 (+27.4%)
Median gross rent	$666 → $816 (+22.5%)	$557 → $781 (+40.2%)

Eden

Population

15,05515,353

Median household income

$34,917$50,959

Median home value

$87,500$122,800

Median gross rent

$666$816

Mayodan

Population

2,5082,446

Median household income

$27,614$42,336

Median home value

$91,100$116,100

Median gross rent

$557$781

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Eden	Mayodan
Under 5	6.7%	2.0%
5 to 17	16.8%	12.5%
18 to 24	8.9%	2.8%
25 to 34	13.9%	14.1%
35 to 44	13.9%	5.3%
45 to 54	11.8%	13.9%
55 to 64	11.5%	25.0%
65 to 74	8.9%	10.3%
75 and over	7.6%	14.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Eden	Mayodan
White (non-Hispanic)	59.4%	88.1%
Black or African American	28.4%	2.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.9%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	7.4%	3.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Eden	Mayodan
No high school diploma	15.5%	15.6%
High school graduate	38.4%	32.5%
Some college or associate's	32.1%	38.8%
Bachelor's degree	9.6%	9.2%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	3.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Eden	Mayodan
Drove alone	84.4%	82.2%
Carpooled	9.0%	9.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	0.3%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.0%	1.5%
Other means	2.2%	4.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Eden	Mayodan
1-unit, detached	67.9%	81.9%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	8.6%	13.5%
20 or more units	6.3%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	5.1%	3.0%

Poverty & households

	Eden	Mayodan
Poverty rate	19.8%	14.5%
Average household size	2.42	1.94
Mean commute (minutes)	25	31
Median year structure built	1968	1959