Badin vs Locust

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

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

Locust has the higher population (5,529 vs 2,163 in Badin). Locust has the higher median household income ($78,280 vs $43,068 in Badin). Locust has the higher median home value ($285,800 vs $130,500 in Badin).

Population, income & housing

	Badin	Locust
Population	2,163	5,529
Median age	44.9 yrs	35.4 yrs
Median household income	$43,068	$78,280
Median home value	$130,500	$285,800
Median gross rent	$841	$887
Housing units	582	2,099
Homeownership rate	70.6%	88.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.0%	18.9%
Unemployment rate	10.5%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Badin	Locust
Population	2,009 → 2,163 (+7.7%)	3,297 → 5,529 (+67.7%)
Median household income	$39,000 → $43,068 (+10.4%)	$54,710 → $78,280 (+43.1%)
Median home value	$84,100 → $130,500 (+55.2%)	$171,600 → $285,800 (+66.6%)
Median gross rent	$705 → $841 (+19.3%)	$885 → $887 (+0.2%)

Badin

Population

2,0092,163

Median household income

$39,000$43,068

Median home value

$84,100$130,500

Median gross rent

$705$841

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)

	Badin	Locust
Under 5	2.5%	9.1%
5 to 17	13.3%	17.5%
18 to 24	5.9%	11.0%
25 to 34	12.4%	11.9%
35 to 44	16.0%	7.1%
45 to 54	19.4%	8.7%
55 to 64	15.7%	17.1%
65 to 74	8.2%	9.5%
75 and over	6.6%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Badin	Locust
White (non-Hispanic)	51.8%	92.8%
Black or African American	38.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	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	2.2%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	7.4%	5.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Badin	Locust
No high school diploma	20.9%	13.6%
High school graduate	35.3%	33.1%
Some college or associate's	34.7%	34.4%
Bachelor's degree	4.4%	12.7%
Graduate or professional degree	4.6%	6.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Badin	Locust
Drove alone	79.1%	78.1%
Carpooled	10.6%	10.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.5%	11.3%
Other means	2.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Badin	Locust
1-unit, detached	69.6%	84.6%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	28.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	10.2%

Poverty & households

	Badin	Locust
Poverty rate	23.3%	8.2%
Average household size	2.86	2.93
Mean commute (minutes)	27	33
Median year structure built	1938	2001