Anson County vs Caswell County

A side-by-side comparison of Anson County and Caswell County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Caswell County has the higher population (22,689 vs 21,903 in Anson County). Caswell County has the higher median household income ($59,407 vs $44,245 in Anson County). Caswell County has the higher median home value ($151,200 vs $119,300 in Anson County).

Population, income & housing

	Anson County	Caswell County
Population	21,903	22,689
Median age	42.4 yrs	46.2 yrs
Median household income	$44,245	$59,407
Median home value	$119,300	$151,200
Median gross rent	$849	$699
Housing units	9,932	10,490
Homeownership rate	65.6%	76.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.9%	16.0%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Anson County	Caswell County
Population	24,902 → 21,903 (-12.0%)	22,684 → 22,689 (+0.0%)
Median household income	$40,213 → $44,245 (+10.0%)	$45,733 → $59,407 (+29.9%)
Median home value	$91,200 → $119,300 (+30.8%)	$112,800 → $151,200 (+34.0%)
Median gross rent	$754 → $849 (+12.6%)	$558 → $699 (+25.3%)

Anson County

Population

24,90221,903

Median household income

$40,213$44,245

Median home value

$91,200$119,300

Median gross rent

$754$849

Caswell County

Population

22,68422,689

Median household income

$45,733$59,407

Median home value

$112,800$151,200

Median gross rent

$558$699

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Anson County	Caswell County
Under 5	5.2%	4.6%
5 to 17	15.0%	13.7%
18 to 24	8.4%	8.4%
25 to 34	12.8%	10.5%
35 to 44	12.5%	11.9%
45 to 54	12.3%	13.3%
55 to 64	13.9%	15.0%
65 to 74	11.8%	13.7%
75 and over	8.2%	8.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Anson County	Caswell County
White (non-Hispanic)	44.4%	59.7%
Black or African American	46.7%	31.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	1.5%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.3%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	3.6%	4.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Anson County	Caswell County
No high school diploma	17.6%	16.3%
High school graduate	43.3%	35.8%
Some college or associate's	28.3%	31.8%
Bachelor's degree	8.2%	10.5%
Graduate or professional degree	2.7%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Anson County	Caswell County
Drove alone	74.8%	82.8%
Carpooled	17.6%	6.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.2%	6.6%
Other means	0.4%	3.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Anson County	Caswell County
1-unit, detached	68.2%	74.4%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.2%
2 to 4 units	2.6%	2.4%
5 to 19 units	2.2%	0.8%
20 or more units	0.4%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	26.0%	21.8%

Poverty & households

	Anson County	Caswell County
Poverty rate	21.2%	15.7%
Average household size	2.40	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	27	32
Median year structure built	1974	1982