Eden vs Wentworth

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

Eden and Wentworth 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 2,670 in Wentworth). Wentworth has the higher median household income ($67,455 vs $50,959 in Eden). Wentworth has the higher median home value ($165,700 vs $122,800 in Eden).

Population, income & housing

	Eden	Wentworth
Population	15,353	2,670
Median age	36.9 yrs	39.0 yrs
Median household income	$50,959	$67,455
Median home value	$122,800	$165,700
Median gross rent	$816	$875
Housing units	7,210	1,060
Homeownership rate	52.5%	89.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.0%	16.6%
Unemployment rate	7.1%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Eden	Wentworth
Population	15,055 → 15,353 (+2.0%)	2,730 → 2,670 (-2.2%)
Median household income	$34,917 → $50,959 (+45.9%)	$58,938 → $67,455 (+14.5%)
Median home value	$87,500 → $122,800 (+40.3%)	$139,300 → $165,700 (+19.0%)
Median gross rent	$666 → $816 (+22.5%)	$830 → $875 (+5.4%)

Eden

Population

15,05515,353

Median household income

$34,917$50,959

Median home value

$87,500$122,800

Median gross rent

$666$816

Wentworth

Population

2,7302,670

Median household income

$58,938$67,455

Median home value

$139,300$165,700

Median gross rent

$830$875

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Eden	Wentworth
Under 5	6.7%	1.5%
5 to 17	16.8%	22.2%
18 to 24	8.9%	9.4%
25 to 34	13.9%	13.3%
35 to 44	13.9%	10.1%
45 to 54	11.8%	14.2%
55 to 64	11.5%	11.3%
65 to 74	8.9%	12.2%
75 and over	7.6%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Eden	Wentworth
White (non-Hispanic)	59.4%	71.5%
Black or African American	28.4%	18.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.9%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	7.4%	8.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Eden	Wentworth
No high school diploma	15.5%	14.1%
High school graduate	38.4%	34.0%
Some college or associate's	32.1%	35.4%
Bachelor's degree	9.6%	6.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	10.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Eden	Wentworth
Drove alone	84.4%	85.5%
Carpooled	9.0%	10.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.3%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.0%	1.7%
Other means	2.2%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Eden	Wentworth
1-unit, detached	67.9%	71.8%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.8%	8.5%
5 to 19 units	8.6%	1.0%
20 or more units	6.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.1%	18.7%

Poverty & households

	Eden	Wentworth
Poverty rate	19.8%	20.1%
Average household size	2.42	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	25	25
Median year structure built	1968	1987