Albemarle vs Stanfield

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

Albemarle and Stanfield 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 1,554 in Stanfield). Stanfield has the higher median household income ($81,375 vs $52,825 in Albemarle). Stanfield has the higher median home value ($302,400 vs $186,100 in Albemarle).

Population, income & housing

	Albemarle	Stanfield
Population	16,527	1,554
Median age	39.8 yrs	37.1 yrs
Median household income	$52,825	$81,375
Median home value	$186,100	$302,400
Median gross rent	$856	$798
Housing units	8,095	614
Homeownership rate	57.7%	79.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.5%	15.8%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	9.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Albemarle	Stanfield
Population	15,980 → 16,527 (+3.4%)	1,264 → 1,554 (+22.9%)
Median household income	$44,269 → $52,825 (+19.3%)	$77,188 → $81,375 (+5.4%)
Median home value	$119,000 → $186,100 (+56.4%)	$202,700 → $302,400 (+49.2%)
Median gross rent	$682 → $856 (+25.5%)	$838 → $798 (-4.8%)

Albemarle

Population

15,98016,527

Median household income

$44,269$52,825

Median home value

$119,000$186,100

Median gross rent

$682$856

Stanfield

Population

1,2641,554

Median household income

$77,188$81,375

Median home value

$202,700$302,400

Median gross rent

$838$798

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Albemarle	Stanfield
Under 5	3.8%	9.8%
5 to 17	16.4%	16.5%
18 to 24	7.5%	4.2%
25 to 34	14.7%	17.7%
35 to 44	12.2%	7.9%
45 to 54	11.3%	14.2%
55 to 64	12.7%	15.6%
65 to 74	10.6%	6.6%
75 and over	10.8%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Albemarle	Stanfield
White (non-Hispanic)	63.0%	83.0%
Black or African American	22.3%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.8%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.1%	0.8%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	1.7%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	8.2%	11.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Albemarle	Stanfield
No high school diploma	13.5%	14.0%
High school graduate	30.6%	28.5%
Some college or associate's	34.5%	41.6%
Bachelor's degree	17.8%	12.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.7%	3.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Albemarle	Stanfield
Drove alone	78.2%	81.2%
Carpooled	11.3%	11.4%
Public transit	1.3%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.6%	6.1%
Other means	0.8%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Albemarle	Stanfield
1-unit, detached	76.4%	87.1%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.2%	0.5%
5 to 19 units	6.4%	2.4%
20 or more units	1.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.1%	9.9%

Poverty & households

	Albemarle	Stanfield
Poverty rate	22.5%	11.0%
Average household size	2.35	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	26	34
Median year structure built	1966	1992