Elkin vs Toast

A side-by-side comparison of Elkin and Toast: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Elkin has the higher population (4,025 vs 1,066 in Toast). Elkin has the higher median household income ($60,434 vs $33,914 in Toast). Elkin has the higher median home value ($187,200 vs $93,900 in Toast).

Population, income & housing

	Elkin	Toast
Population	4,025	1,066
Median age	41.3 yrs	33.1 yrs
Median household income	$60,434	$33,914
Median home value	$187,200	$93,900
Median gross rent	$765	$857
Housing units	1,903	566
Homeownership rate	62.4%	74.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.0%	17.6%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elkin	Toast
Population	4,097 → 4,025 (-1.8%)	1,564 → 1,066 (-31.8%)
Median household income	$51,286 → $60,434 (+17.8%)	$32,011 → $33,914 (+5.9%)
Median home value	$137,800 → $187,200 (+35.8%)	$94,600 → $93,900 (-0.7%)
Median gross rent	$549 → $765 (+39.3%)	$648 → $857 (+32.3%)

Elkin

Population

4,0974,025

Median household income

$51,286$60,434

Median home value

$137,800$187,200

Median gross rent

$549$765

Toast

Population

1,5641,066

Median household income

$32,011$33,914

Median home value

$94,600$93,900

Median gross rent

$648$857

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elkin	Toast
Under 5	4.1%	5.7%
5 to 17	19.8%	21.6%
18 to 24	10.1%	12.0%
25 to 34	9.9%	13.9%
35 to 44	11.2%	9.6%
45 to 54	9.4%	11.8%
55 to 64	13.8%	7.6%
65 to 74	12.4%	9.9%
75 and over	9.3%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elkin	Toast
White (non-Hispanic)	66.8%	66.5%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.4%
Asian	1.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	11.7%
Hispanic or Latino	29.0%	21.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elkin	Toast
No high school diploma	15.3%	10.8%
High school graduate	23.7%	17.5%
Some college or associate's	33.0%	54.1%
Bachelor's degree	22.5%	17.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elkin	Toast
Drove alone	72.6%	79.8%
Carpooled	17.0%	5.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.1%	15.3%
Other means	0.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elkin	Toast
1-unit, detached	65.1%	62.4%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.2%	5.5%
5 to 19 units	11.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	10.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.5%	32.2%

Poverty & households

	Elkin	Toast
Poverty rate	23.0%	12.0%
Average household size	2.33	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	25	14
Median year structure built	1967	1965