Alamance County vs Catawba County

A side-by-side comparison of Alamance County and Catawba County: population, income, housing, and more.

Alamance County and Catawba County are counties in North Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Alamance County has the higher population (174,286 vs 162,051 in Catawba County). Catawba County has the higher median household income ($64,544 vs $64,445 in Alamance County). Alamance County has the higher median home value ($221,200 vs $218,100 in Catawba County).

Population, income & housing

	Alamance County	Catawba County
Population	174,286	162,051
Median age	38.7 yrs	41.8 yrs
Median household income	$64,445	$64,544
Median home value	$221,200	$218,100
Median gross rent	$1,007	$891
Housing units	75,456	72,028
Homeownership rate	65.6%	72.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.7%	24.9%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alamance County	Catawba County
Population	163,324 → 174,286 (+6.7%)	157,613 → 162,051 (+2.8%)
Median household income	$49,688 → $64,445 (+29.7%)	$52,056 → $64,544 (+24.0%)
Median home value	$154,800 → $221,200 (+42.9%)	$143,600 → $218,100 (+51.9%)
Median gross rent	$813 → $1,007 (+23.9%)	$738 → $891 (+20.7%)

Alamance County

Population

163,324174,286

Median household income

$49,688$64,445

Median home value

$154,800$221,200

Median gross rent

$813$1,007

Catawba County

Population

157,613162,051

Median household income

$52,056$64,544

Median home value

$143,600$218,100

Median gross rent

$738$891

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alamance County	Catawba County
Under 5	5.7%	5.4%
5 to 17	16.5%	16.5%
18 to 24	10.4%	8.4%
25 to 34	12.7%	12.1%
35 to 44	12.1%	11.7%
45 to 54	12.6%	13.5%
55 to 64	13.1%	14.1%
65 to 74	10.0%	11.0%
75 and over	7.0%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alamance County	Catawba County
White (non-Hispanic)	59.5%	72.6%
Black or African American	19.6%	7.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	1.7%	4.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.7%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	14.8%	11.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alamance County	Catawba County
No high school diploma	11.5%	12.5%
High school graduate	28.7%	28.8%
Some college or associate's	32.1%	33.7%
Bachelor's degree	18.8%	17.7%
Graduate or professional degree	8.9%	7.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alamance County	Catawba County
Drove alone	80.1%	80.8%
Carpooled	8.4%	9.4%
Public transit	0.1%	0.2%
Walked	1.4%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	9.2%	7.5%
Other means	0.8%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alamance County	Catawba County
1-unit, detached	65.3%	67.7%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	3.8%
2 to 4 units	5.6%	5.6%
5 to 19 units	8.8%	7.0%
20 or more units	4.9%	2.9%
Mobile home & other	12.1%	12.9%

Poverty & households

	Alamance County	Catawba County
Poverty rate	14.1%	12.8%
Average household size	2.47	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	26	23
Median year structure built	1987	1984