Keener vs Turkey

A side-by-side comparison of Keener and Turkey: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Turkey has the higher population (446 vs 264 in Keener). Keener has the higher median home value ($129,300 vs $49,200 in Turkey). Since 2019, Keener's population has grown faster (+83.3% vs +81.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Keener	Turkey
Population	264	446
Median age	29.6 yrs	26.1 yrs
Median household income	$39,571	—
Median home value	$129,300	$49,200
Housing units	154	143
Homeownership rate	54.5%	69.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.9%	2.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Keener	Turkey
Population	144 → 264 (+83.3%)	246 → 446 (+81.3%)
Median household income	$28,854 → $39,571 (+37.1%)	—
Median home value	$107,600 → $129,300 (+20.2%)	$85,600 → $49,200 (-42.5%)

Keener

Population

144264

Median household income

$28,854$39,571

Median home value

$107,600$129,300

Turkey

Population

246446

Median home value

$85,600$49,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Keener	Turkey
Under 5	0.0%	37.0%
5 to 17	34.5%	5.4%
18 to 24	0.0%	6.7%
25 to 34	26.5%	20.9%
35 to 44	8.7%	3.1%
45 to 54	0.0%	6.1%
55 to 64	0.0%	4.7%
65 to 74	7.2%	14.8%
75 and over	23.1%	1.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Keener	Turkey
White (non-Hispanic)	44.7%	52.5%
Black or African American	50.8%	8.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.5%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	39.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Keener	Turkey
No high school diploma	5.8%	0.9%
High school graduate	17.3%	54.6%
Some college or associate's	69.9%	42.3%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	1.3%
Graduate or professional degree	6.9%	0.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Keener	Turkey
Drove alone	24.7%	93.5%
Carpooled	0.0%	5.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	75.3%	0.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Keener	Turkey
1-unit, detached	48.7%	86.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
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	51.3%	14.0%

Poverty & households

	Keener	Turkey
Poverty rate	0.0%	5.2%
Average household size	1.71	3.54
Mean commute (minutes)	—	33
Median year structure built	1992	1976