Locust vs Stanfield

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

Locust and Stanfield 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 1,554 in Stanfield). Stanfield has the higher median household income ($81,375 vs $78,280 in Locust). Stanfield has the higher median home value ($302,400 vs $285,800 in Locust).

Population, income & housing

	Locust	Stanfield
Population	5,529	1,554
Median age	35.4 yrs	37.1 yrs
Median household income	$78,280	$81,375
Median home value	$285,800	$302,400
Median gross rent	$887	$798
Housing units	2,099	614
Homeownership rate	88.1%	79.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.9%	15.8%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	9.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Locust	Stanfield
Population	3,297 → 5,529 (+67.7%)	1,264 → 1,554 (+22.9%)
Median household income	$54,710 → $78,280 (+43.1%)	$77,188 → $81,375 (+5.4%)
Median home value	$171,600 → $285,800 (+66.6%)	$202,700 → $302,400 (+49.2%)
Median gross rent	$885 → $887 (+0.2%)	$838 → $798 (-4.8%)

Locust

Population

3,2975,529

Median household income

$54,710$78,280

Median home value

$171,600$285,800

Median gross rent

$885$887

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)

	Locust	Stanfield
Under 5	9.1%	9.8%
5 to 17	17.5%	16.5%
18 to 24	11.0%	4.2%
25 to 34	11.9%	17.7%
35 to 44	7.1%	7.9%
45 to 54	8.7%	14.2%
55 to 64	17.1%	15.6%
65 to 74	9.5%	6.6%
75 and over	8.1%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Locust	Stanfield
White (non-Hispanic)	92.8%	83.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.8%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	1.8%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	5.4%	11.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Locust	Stanfield
No high school diploma	13.6%	14.0%
High school graduate	33.1%	28.5%
Some college or associate's	34.4%	41.6%
Bachelor's degree	12.7%	12.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.2%	3.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Locust	Stanfield
Drove alone	78.1%	81.2%
Carpooled	10.6%	11.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.3%	6.1%
Other means	0.0%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Locust	Stanfield
1-unit, detached	84.6%	87.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.5%
5 to 19 units	4.0%	2.4%
20 or more units	1.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.2%	9.9%

Poverty & households

	Locust	Stanfield
Poverty rate	8.2%	11.0%
Average household size	2.93	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	33	34
Median year structure built	2001	1992