Chowan County vs Perquimans County

A side-by-side comparison of Chowan County and Perquimans County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Chowan County has the higher population (13,814 vs 13,146 in Perquimans County). Perquimans County has the higher median household income ($61,224 vs $56,982 in Chowan County). Perquimans County has the higher median home value ($211,600 vs $204,400 in Chowan County).

Population, income & housing

	Chowan County	Perquimans County
Population	13,814	13,146
Median age	47.9 yrs	50.5 yrs
Median household income	$56,982	$61,224
Median home value	$204,400	$211,600
Median gross rent	$766	$1,061
Housing units	7,169	6,918
Homeownership rate	69.7%	72.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.5%	20.4%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chowan County	Perquimans County
Population	14,097 → 13,814 (-2.0%)	13,430 → 13,146 (-2.1%)
Median household income	$46,519 → $56,982 (+22.5%)	$47,162 → $61,224 (+29.8%)
Median home value	$131,100 → $204,400 (+55.9%)	$172,300 → $211,600 (+22.8%)
Median gross rent	$798 → $766 (-4.0%)	$914 → $1,061 (+16.1%)

Chowan County

Population

14,09713,814

Median household income

$46,519$56,982

Median home value

$131,100$204,400

Median gross rent

$798$766

Perquimans County

Population

13,43013,146

Median household income

$47,162$61,224

Median home value

$172,300$211,600

Median gross rent

$914$1,061

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chowan County	Perquimans County
Under 5	4.6%	4.5%
5 to 17	14.9%	14.2%
18 to 24	4.5%	7.0%
25 to 34	12.0%	8.2%
35 to 44	10.9%	9.8%
45 to 54	11.5%	11.7%
55 to 64	14.3%	16.2%
65 to 74	16.9%	16.0%
75 and over	10.4%	12.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chowan County	Perquimans County
White (non-Hispanic)	60.0%	69.8%
Black or African American	32.9%	21.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.9%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	3.9%	3.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chowan County	Perquimans County
No high school diploma	12.6%	13.3%
High school graduate	35.1%	31.6%
Some college or associate's	27.7%	34.7%
Bachelor's degree	14.2%	12.1%
Graduate or professional degree	10.3%	8.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chowan County	Perquimans County
Drove alone	81.4%	82.3%
Carpooled	8.7%	8.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	2.5%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.3%
Worked from home	5.9%	6.6%
Other means	0.7%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chowan County	Perquimans County
1-unit, detached	71.4%	68.9%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	5.8%	3.0%
5 to 19 units	1.9%	0.8%
20 or more units	0.6%	1.2%
Mobile home & other	19.9%	24.9%

Poverty & households

	Chowan County	Perquimans County
Poverty rate	20.5%	11.4%
Average household size	2.26	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	29	35
Median year structure built	1979	1991