Alamance County vs Iredell County

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

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

Iredell County has the higher population (191,800 vs 174,286 in Alamance County). Iredell County has the higher median household income ($78,678 vs $64,445 in Alamance County). Iredell County has the higher median home value ($292,300 vs $221,200 in Alamance County).

Population, income & housing

	Alamance County	Iredell County
Population	174,286	191,800
Median age	38.7 yrs	40.9 yrs
Median household income	$64,445	$78,678
Median home value	$221,200	$292,300
Median gross rent	$1,007	$1,183
Housing units	75,456	81,785
Homeownership rate	65.6%	71.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.7%	33.3%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alamance County	Iredell County
Population	163,324 → 174,286 (+6.7%)	175,538 → 191,800 (+9.3%)
Median household income	$49,688 → $64,445 (+29.7%)	$60,955 → $78,678 (+29.1%)
Median home value	$154,800 → $221,200 (+42.9%)	$190,300 → $292,300 (+53.6%)
Median gross rent	$813 → $1,007 (+23.9%)	$868 → $1,183 (+36.3%)

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

Iredell County

Population

175,538191,800

Median household income

$60,955$78,678

Median home value

$190,300$292,300

Median gross rent

$868$1,183

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alamance County	Iredell County
Under 5	5.7%	5.3%
5 to 17	16.5%	17.2%
18 to 24	10.4%	7.9%
25 to 34	12.7%	12.2%
35 to 44	12.1%	12.6%
45 to 54	12.6%	14.3%
55 to 64	13.1%	14.1%
65 to 74	10.0%	10.0%
75 and over	7.0%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alamance County	Iredell County
White (non-Hispanic)	59.5%	73.5%
Black or African American	19.6%	11.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	1.7%	2.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.6%
Two or more races	3.7%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	14.8%	8.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alamance County	Iredell County
No high school diploma	11.5%	8.8%
High school graduate	28.7%	27.1%
Some college or associate's	32.1%	30.8%
Bachelor's degree	18.8%	22.7%
Graduate or professional degree	8.9%	10.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alamance County	Iredell County
Drove alone	80.1%	74.8%
Carpooled	8.4%	9.0%
Public transit	0.1%	0.3%
Walked	1.4%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	9.2%	13.5%
Other means	0.8%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alamance County	Iredell County
1-unit, detached	65.3%	71.2%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	3.5%
2 to 4 units	5.6%	3.3%
5 to 19 units	8.8%	5.8%
20 or more units	4.9%	3.9%
Mobile home & other	12.1%	12.4%

Poverty & households

	Alamance County	Iredell County
Poverty rate	14.1%	9.1%
Average household size	2.47	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	26	25
Median year structure built	1987	1996