Cleveland County vs Craven County

A side-by-side comparison of Cleveland County and Craven County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Craven County has the higher population (101,074 vs 100,170 in Cleveland County). Craven County has the higher median household income ($64,635 vs $55,769 in Cleveland County). Craven County has the higher median home value ($206,200 vs $180,200 in Cleveland County).

Population, income & housing

	Cleveland County	Craven County
Population	100,170	101,074
Median age	41.2 yrs	39.2 yrs
Median household income	$55,769	$64,635
Median home value	$180,200	$206,200
Median gross rent	$835	$1,100
Housing units	43,999	47,404
Homeownership rate	70.7%	69.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.1%	26.0%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cleveland County	Craven County
Population	97,282 → 100,170 (+3.0%)	102,491 → 101,074 (-1.4%)
Median household income	$42,247 → $55,769 (+32.0%)	$52,687 → $64,635 (+22.7%)
Median home value	$120,100 → $180,200 (+50.0%)	$157,900 → $206,200 (+30.6%)
Median gross rent	$696 → $835 (+20.0%)	$910 → $1,100 (+20.9%)

Cleveland County

Population

97,282100,170

Median household income

$42,247$55,769

Median home value

$120,100$180,200

Median gross rent

$696$835

Craven County

Population

102,491101,074

Median household income

$52,687$64,635

Median home value

$157,900$206,200

Median gross rent

$910$1,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cleveland County	Craven County
Under 5	5.8%	6.1%
5 to 17	16.5%	15.6%
18 to 24	8.6%	10.3%
25 to 34	12.8%	13.1%
35 to 44	10.8%	10.9%
45 to 54	12.6%	10.7%
55 to 64	14.0%	12.9%
65 to 74	11.3%	12.0%
75 and over	7.4%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cleveland County	Craven County
White (non-Hispanic)	71.0%	64.7%
Black or African American	18.4%	20.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.2%
Asian	0.9%	2.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.2%
Some other race	0.2%	0.8%
Two or more races	4.8%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	4.4%	7.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cleveland County	Craven County
No high school diploma	12.5%	8.2%
High school graduate	33.8%	26.6%
Some college or associate's	32.6%	39.1%
Bachelor's degree	13.5%	15.6%
Graduate or professional degree	7.6%	10.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cleveland County	Craven County
Drove alone	82.2%	79.1%
Carpooled	8.7%	9.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	2.0%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	6.2%	6.8%
Other means	0.8%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cleveland County	Craven County
1-unit, detached	70.2%	69.2%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	6.0%
2 to 4 units	5.3%	3.4%
5 to 19 units	3.7%	4.5%
20 or more units	1.4%	3.3%
Mobile home & other	18.3%	13.5%

Poverty & households

	Cleveland County	Craven County
Poverty rate	17.2%	13.9%
Average household size	2.64	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	25	21
Median year structure built	1979	1990