Eden vs Reidsville

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

Eden and Reidsville 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 14,547 in Reidsville). Eden has the higher median household income ($50,959 vs $42,702 in Reidsville). Reidsville has the higher median home value ($139,000 vs $122,800 in Eden).

Population, income & housing

	Eden	Reidsville
Population	15,353	14,547
Median age	36.9 yrs	41.4 yrs
Median household income	$50,959	$42,702
Median home value	$122,800	$139,000
Median gross rent	$816	$773
Housing units	7,210	6,937
Homeownership rate	52.5%	54.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.0%	21.9%
Unemployment rate	7.1%	9.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Eden	Reidsville
Population	15,055 → 15,353 (+2.0%)	13,915 → 14,547 (+4.5%)
Median household income	$34,917 → $50,959 (+45.9%)	$32,339 → $42,702 (+32.0%)
Median home value	$87,500 → $122,800 (+40.3%)	$103,500 → $139,000 (+34.3%)
Median gross rent	$666 → $816 (+22.5%)	$697 → $773 (+10.9%)

Eden

Population

15,05515,353

Median household income

$34,917$50,959

Median home value

$87,500$122,800

Median gross rent

$666$816

Reidsville

Population

13,91514,547

Median household income

$32,339$42,702

Median home value

$103,500$139,000

Median gross rent

$697$773

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Eden	Reidsville
Under 5	6.7%	6.5%
5 to 17	16.8%	19.3%
18 to 24	8.9%	5.4%
25 to 34	13.9%	12.7%
35 to 44	13.9%	11.5%
45 to 54	11.8%	10.4%
55 to 64	11.5%	12.1%
65 to 74	8.9%	11.4%
75 and over	7.6%	10.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Eden	Reidsville
White (non-Hispanic)	59.4%	53.1%
Black or African American	28.4%	30.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.5%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	3.9%	8.9%
Hispanic or Latino	7.4%	6.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Eden	Reidsville
No high school diploma	15.5%	17.1%
High school graduate	38.4%	32.4%
Some college or associate's	32.1%	28.7%
Bachelor's degree	9.6%	15.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	6.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Eden	Reidsville
Drove alone	84.4%	74.8%
Carpooled	9.0%	10.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	0.3%	7.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.0%	4.1%
Other means	2.2%	3.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Eden	Reidsville
1-unit, detached	67.9%	67.1%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	3.4%
2 to 4 units	9.8%	4.6%
5 to 19 units	8.6%	13.7%
20 or more units	6.3%	8.8%
Mobile home & other	5.1%	2.5%

Poverty & households

	Eden	Reidsville
Poverty rate	19.8%	24.9%
Average household size	2.42	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	25	23
Median year structure built	1968	1968