Ingold vs Plain View

A side-by-side comparison of Ingold and Plain View: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Plain View has the higher population (1,647 vs 667 in Ingold). Plain View has the higher median household income ($75,058 vs $37,195 in Ingold). Since 2019, Ingold's population has grown faster (-1.3% vs -11.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Ingold	Plain View
Population	667	1,647
Median age	23.7 yrs	47.1 yrs
Median household income	$37,195	$75,058
Median home value	—	$205,700
Median gross rent	$935	$850
Housing units	207	783
Homeownership rate	62.1%	83.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.4%	13.6%
Unemployment rate	30.4%	11.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ingold	Plain View
Population	676 → 667 (-1.3%)	1,853 → 1,647 (-11.1%)
Median household income	$31,905 → $37,195 (+16.6%)	$58,663 → $75,058 (+27.9%)
Median home value	—	$152,300 → $205,700 (+35.1%)
Median gross rent	—	$525 → $850 (+61.9%)

Ingold

Population

676667

Median household income

$31,905$37,195

Plain View

Population

1,8531,647

Median household income

$58,663$75,058

Median home value

$152,300$205,700

Median gross rent

$525$850

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ingold	Plain View
Under 5	7.8%	3.3%
5 to 17	34.6%	15.0%
18 to 24	9.0%	13.7%
25 to 34	2.4%	9.7%
35 to 44	18.4%	7.0%
45 to 54	16.9%	10.1%
55 to 64	8.4%	16.8%
65 to 74	0.0%	11.1%
75 and over	2.4%	13.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ingold	Plain View
White (non-Hispanic)	50.7%	80.4%
Black or African American	1.9%	14.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	47.4%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ingold	Plain View
No high school diploma	38.0%	5.2%
High school graduate	4.0%	50.0%
Some college or associate's	42.6%	31.2%
Bachelor's degree	15.4%	13.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ingold	Plain View
Drove alone	42.1%	77.2%
Carpooled	57.9%	17.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	5.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ingold	Plain View
1-unit, detached	25.6%	74.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	74.4%	22.5%

Poverty & households

	Ingold	Plain View
Poverty rate	3.6%	10.3%
Average household size	3.66	2.20
Mean commute (minutes)	36	36
Median year structure built	1994	1995