Albemarle vs Locust

A side-by-side comparison of Albemarle and Locust: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Albemarle has the higher population (16,527 vs 5,529 in Locust). Locust has the higher median household income ($78,280 vs $52,825 in Albemarle). Locust has the higher median home value ($285,800 vs $186,100 in Albemarle).

Population, income & housing

	Albemarle	Locust
Population	16,527	5,529
Median age	39.8 yrs	35.4 yrs
Median household income	$52,825	$78,280
Median home value	$186,100	$285,800
Median gross rent	$856	$887
Housing units	8,095	2,099
Homeownership rate	57.7%	88.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.5%	18.9%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Albemarle	Locust
Population	15,980 → 16,527 (+3.4%)	3,297 → 5,529 (+67.7%)
Median household income	$44,269 → $52,825 (+19.3%)	$54,710 → $78,280 (+43.1%)
Median home value	$119,000 → $186,100 (+56.4%)	$171,600 → $285,800 (+66.6%)
Median gross rent	$682 → $856 (+25.5%)	$885 → $887 (+0.2%)

Albemarle

Population

15,98016,527

Median household income

$44,269$52,825

Median home value

$119,000$186,100

Median gross rent

$682$856

Locust

Population

3,2975,529

Median household income

$54,710$78,280

Median home value

$171,600$285,800

Median gross rent

$885$887

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Albemarle	Locust
Under 5	3.8%	9.1%
5 to 17	16.4%	17.5%
18 to 24	7.5%	11.0%
25 to 34	14.7%	11.9%
35 to 44	12.2%	7.1%
45 to 54	11.3%	8.7%
55 to 64	12.7%	17.1%
65 to 74	10.6%	9.5%
75 and over	10.8%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Albemarle	Locust
White (non-Hispanic)	63.0%	92.8%
Black or African American	22.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.7%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	8.2%	5.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Albemarle	Locust
No high school diploma	13.5%	13.6%
High school graduate	30.6%	33.1%
Some college or associate's	34.5%	34.4%
Bachelor's degree	17.8%	12.7%
Graduate or professional degree	3.7%	6.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Albemarle	Locust
Drove alone	78.2%	78.1%
Carpooled	11.3%	10.6%
Public transit	1.3%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.6%	11.3%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Albemarle	Locust
1-unit, detached	76.4%	84.6%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	6.4%	4.0%
20 or more units	1.5%	1.2%
Mobile home & other	4.1%	10.2%

Poverty & households

	Albemarle	Locust
Poverty rate	22.5%	8.2%
Average household size	2.35	2.93
Mean commute (minutes)	26	33
Median year structure built	1966	2001