Bertie County vs Warren County

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

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

Warren County has the higher population (18,751 vs 17,482 in Bertie County). Bertie County has the higher median household income ($45,931 vs $45,279 in Warren County). Warren County has the higher median home value ($124,700 vs $95,800 in Bertie County).

Population, income & housing

	Bertie County	Warren County
Population	17,482	18,751
Median age	45.9 yrs	48.6 yrs
Median household income	$45,931	$45,279
Median home value	$95,800	$124,700
Median gross rent	$824	$771
Housing units	8,988	11,543
Homeownership rate	74.5%	69.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.8%	19.0%
Unemployment rate	8.4%	8.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bertie County	Warren County
Population	19,380 → 17,482 (-9.8%)	19,898 → 18,751 (-5.8%)
Median household income	$35,527 → $45,931 (+29.3%)	$36,466 → $45,279 (+24.2%)
Median home value	$82,200 → $95,800 (+16.5%)	$94,600 → $124,700 (+31.8%)
Median gross rent	$638 → $824 (+29.2%)	$619 → $771 (+24.6%)

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

Warren County

Population

19,89818,751

Median household income

$36,466$45,279

Median home value

$94,600$124,700

Median gross rent

$619$771

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bertie County	Warren County
Under 5	4.1%	4.4%
5 to 17	12.3%	13.7%
18 to 24	7.7%	7.0%
25 to 34	13.5%	10.7%
35 to 44	11.0%	10.5%
45 to 54	11.7%	10.8%
55 to 64	15.4%	16.0%
65 to 74	14.4%	15.6%
75 and over	9.8%	11.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bertie County	Warren County
White (non-Hispanic)	34.3%	37.7%
Black or African American	60.0%	47.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	5.0%
Asian	0.8%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.5%
Two or more races	2.3%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	2.2%	4.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bertie County	Warren County
No high school diploma	18.0%	13.3%
High school graduate	35.6%	39.1%
Some college or associate's	28.5%	28.6%
Bachelor's degree	11.1%	12.8%
Graduate or professional degree	6.8%	6.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bertie County	Warren County
Drove alone	82.5%	78.7%
Carpooled	9.0%	9.4%
Public transit	0.6%	0.1%
Walked	1.3%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.7%	8.9%
Other means	2.3%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bertie County	Warren County
1-unit, detached	66.5%	55.6%
1-unit, attached	0.2%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	1.7%	1.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.9%
20 or more units	0.5%	1.2%
Mobile home & other	31.0%	39.8%

Poverty & households

	Bertie County	Warren County
Poverty rate	19.8%	22.2%
Average household size	2.26	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	26	28
Median year structure built	1980	1987