Bertie County vs Yancey County

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

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

Yancey County has the higher population (18,676 vs 17,482 in Bertie County). Yancey County has the higher median household income ($54,961 vs $45,931 in Bertie County). Yancey County has the higher median home value ($222,300 vs $95,800 in Bertie County).

Population, income & housing

	Bertie County	Yancey County
Population	17,482	18,676
Median age	45.9 yrs	47.9 yrs
Median household income	$45,931	$54,961
Median home value	$95,800	$222,300
Median gross rent	$824	$807
Housing units	8,988	11,317
Homeownership rate	74.5%	77.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.8%	23.0%
Unemployment rate	8.4%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bertie County	Yancey County
Population	19,380 → 17,482 (-9.8%)	17,760 → 18,676 (+5.2%)
Median household income	$35,527 → $45,931 (+29.3%)	$42,222 → $54,961 (+30.2%)
Median home value	$82,200 → $95,800 (+16.5%)	$157,100 → $222,300 (+41.5%)
Median gross rent	$638 → $824 (+29.2%)	$634 → $807 (+27.3%)

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

Yancey County

Population

17,76018,676

Median household income

$42,222$54,961

Median home value

$157,100$222,300

Median gross rent

$634$807

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bertie County	Yancey County
Under 5	4.1%	5.1%
5 to 17	12.3%	13.3%
18 to 24	7.7%	6.3%
25 to 34	13.5%	10.8%
35 to 44	11.0%	10.4%
45 to 54	11.7%	12.8%
55 to 64	15.4%	14.6%
65 to 74	14.4%	15.4%
75 and over	9.8%	11.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bertie County	Yancey County
White (non-Hispanic)	34.3%	91.3%
Black or African American	60.0%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.1%
Asian	0.8%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	2.2%	5.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bertie County	Yancey County
No high school diploma	18.0%	11.9%
High school graduate	35.6%	35.1%
Some college or associate's	28.5%	30.0%
Bachelor's degree	11.1%	15.1%
Graduate or professional degree	6.8%	7.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bertie County	Yancey County
Drove alone	82.5%	80.4%
Carpooled	9.0%	7.3%
Public transit	0.6%	0.1%
Walked	1.3%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.7%	8.7%
Other means	2.3%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bertie County	Yancey County
1-unit, detached	66.5%	72.0%
1-unit, attached	0.2%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	1.7%	3.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.6%
20 or more units	0.5%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	31.0%	20.0%

Poverty & households

	Bertie County	Yancey County
Poverty rate	19.8%	14.9%
Average household size	2.26	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	26	28
Median year structure built	1980	1987