Bertie County vs Northampton County

A side-by-side comparison of Bertie County and Northampton County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Bertie County has the higher population (17,482 vs 17,212 in Northampton County). Northampton County has the higher median household income ($47,935 vs $45,931 in Bertie County). Northampton County has the higher median home value ($102,200 vs $95,800 in Bertie County).

Population, income & housing

	Bertie County	Northampton County
Population	17,482	17,212
Median age	45.9 yrs	51.6 yrs
Median household income	$45,931	$47,935
Median home value	$95,800	$102,200
Median gross rent	$824	$749
Housing units	8,988	10,620
Homeownership rate	74.5%	73.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.8%	19.0%
Unemployment rate	8.4%	6.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bertie County	Northampton County
Population	19,380 → 17,482 (-9.8%)	19,946 → 17,212 (-13.7%)
Median household income	$35,527 → $45,931 (+29.3%)	$37,146 → $47,935 (+29.0%)
Median home value	$82,200 → $95,800 (+16.5%)	$83,300 → $102,200 (+22.7%)
Median gross rent	$638 → $824 (+29.2%)	$717 → $749 (+4.5%)

Bertie County

Population

19,38017,482

Median household income

$35,527$45,931

Median home value

$82,200$95,800

Median gross rent

$638$824

Northampton County

Population

19,94617,212

Median household income

$37,146$47,935

Median home value

$83,300$102,200

Median gross rent

$717$749

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bertie County	Northampton County
Under 5	4.1%	4.8%
5 to 17	12.3%	13.1%
18 to 24	7.7%	6.5%
25 to 34	13.5%	9.9%
35 to 44	11.0%	9.0%
45 to 54	11.7%	11.2%
55 to 64	15.4%	17.0%
65 to 74	14.4%	16.3%
75 and over	9.8%	12.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bertie County	Northampton County
White (non-Hispanic)	34.3%	39.0%
Black or African American	60.0%	54.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.2%
Asian	0.8%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.3%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	2.2%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bertie County	Northampton County
No high school diploma	18.0%	15.5%
High school graduate	35.6%	33.8%
Some college or associate's	28.5%	31.7%
Bachelor's degree	11.1%	11.6%
Graduate or professional degree	6.8%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bertie County	Northampton County
Drove alone	82.5%	84.3%
Carpooled	9.0%	6.9%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.7%	6.2%
Other means	2.3%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bertie County	Northampton County
1-unit, detached	66.5%	66.2%
1-unit, attached	0.2%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	1.7%	3.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.9%
20 or more units	0.5%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	31.0%	27.9%

Poverty & households

	Bertie County	Northampton County
Poverty rate	19.8%	20.0%
Average household size	2.26	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	26	28
Median year structure built	1980	1979