Halifax County vs Stokes County

A side-by-side comparison of Halifax County and Stokes County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Halifax County has the higher population (48,219 vs 44,889 in Stokes County). Stokes County has the higher median household income ($60,039 vs $45,071 in Halifax County). Stokes County has the higher median home value ($186,800 vs $102,500 in Halifax County).

Population, income & housing

	Halifax County	Stokes County
Population	48,219	44,889
Median age	43.8 yrs	47.6 yrs
Median household income	$45,071	$60,039
Median home value	$102,500	$186,800
Median gross rent	$776	$766
Housing units	24,849	21,353
Homeownership rate	63.5%	78.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.5%	18.5%
Unemployment rate	8.7%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Halifax County	Stokes County
Population	51,190 → 48,219 (-5.8%)	45,781 → 44,889 (-1.9%)
Median household income	$35,502 → $45,071 (+27.0%)	$48,054 → $60,039 (+24.9%)
Median home value	$86,300 → $102,500 (+18.8%)	$137,000 → $186,800 (+36.4%)
Median gross rent	$717 → $776 (+8.2%)	$687 → $766 (+11.5%)

Halifax County

Population

51,19048,219

Median household income

$35,502$45,071

Median home value

$86,300$102,500

Median gross rent

$717$776

Stokes County

Population

45,78144,889

Median household income

$48,054$60,039

Median home value

$137,000$186,800

Median gross rent

$687$766

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Halifax County	Stokes County
Under 5	5.5%	4.2%
5 to 17	15.8%	14.5%
18 to 24	7.2%	7.3%
25 to 34	12.0%	10.4%
35 to 44	11.2%	10.4%
45 to 54	11.8%	14.7%
55 to 64	14.9%	16.1%
65 to 74	13.0%	12.9%
75 and over	8.6%	9.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Halifax County	Stokes County
White (non-Hispanic)	36.7%	89.6%
Black or African American	51.7%	3.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.9%	0.2%
Asian	0.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.3%
Two or more races	4.4%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	3.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Halifax County	Stokes County
No high school diploma	19.1%	10.1%
High school graduate	36.4%	38.1%
Some college or associate's	29.1%	33.3%
Bachelor's degree	10.2%	12.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	6.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Halifax County	Stokes County
Drove alone	77.0%	84.8%
Carpooled	10.9%	7.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.2%	6.5%
Other means	3.9%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Halifax County	Stokes County
1-unit, detached	62.6%	70.1%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	4.7%	2.9%
5 to 19 units	3.1%	1.2%
20 or more units	2.0%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	24.9%	24.3%

Poverty & households

	Halifax County	Stokes County
Poverty rate	25.2%	12.0%
Average household size	2.32	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	24	30
Median year structure built	1979	1983