Bladen County vs Transylvania County

A side-by-side comparison of Bladen County and Transylvania County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Transylvania County has the higher population (33,243 vs 29,591 in Bladen County). Transylvania County has the higher median household income ($64,523 vs $44,528 in Bladen County). Transylvania County has the higher median home value ($336,100 vs $125,800 in Bladen County).

Population, income & housing

	Bladen County	Transylvania County
Population	29,591	33,243
Median age	44.8 yrs	51.9 yrs
Median household income	$44,528	$64,523
Median home value	$125,800	$336,100
Median gross rent	$752	$909
Housing units	15,272	19,147
Homeownership rate	69.8%	75.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.6%	38.6%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bladen County	Transylvania County
Population	33,407 → 29,591 (-11.4%)	33,775 → 33,243 (-1.6%)
Median household income	$36,173 → $44,528 (+23.1%)	$50,212 → $64,523 (+28.5%)
Median home value	$95,300 → $125,800 (+32.0%)	$221,900 → $336,100 (+51.5%)
Median gross rent	$655 → $752 (+14.8%)	$756 → $909 (+20.2%)

Bladen County

Population

33,40729,591

Median household income

$36,173$44,528

Median home value

$95,300$125,800

Median gross rent

$655$752

Transylvania County

Population

33,77533,243

Median household income

$50,212$64,523

Median home value

$221,900$336,100

Median gross rent

$756$909

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bladen County	Transylvania County
Under 5	4.9%	4.0%
5 to 17	15.8%	11.8%
18 to 24	8.1%	7.4%
25 to 34	10.2%	10.0%
35 to 44	11.3%	9.8%
45 to 54	12.1%	10.7%
55 to 64	14.5%	15.4%
65 to 74	14.0%	16.7%
75 and over	9.2%	14.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bladen County	Transylvania County
White (non-Hispanic)	53.8%	88.2%
Black or African American	33.0%	3.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.5%	0.1%
Asian	0.2%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.3%
Two or more races	1.3%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	9.0%	4.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bladen County	Transylvania County
No high school diploma	11.4%	6.2%
High school graduate	33.4%	23.9%
Some college or associate's	34.5%	31.3%
Bachelor's degree	14.6%	23.9%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	14.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bladen County	Transylvania County
Drove alone	80.9%	76.4%
Carpooled	11.3%	9.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	1.3%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.7%
Worked from home	6.2%	10.7%
Other means	0.3%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bladen County	Transylvania County
1-unit, detached	62.1%	75.4%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	2.4%	4.1%
5 to 19 units	2.0%	2.5%
20 or more units	0.8%	2.7%
Mobile home & other	32.3%	13.7%

Poverty & households

	Bladen County	Transylvania County
Poverty rate	21.2%	14.2%
Average household size	2.50	2.20
Mean commute (minutes)	29	23
Median year structure built	1983	1983