Haywood County vs Pender County

A side-by-side comparison of Haywood County and Pender County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Pender County has the higher population (63,475 vs 62,432 in Haywood County). Pender County has the higher median household income ($76,838 vs $61,001 in Haywood County). Pender County has the higher median home value ($267,100 vs $254,900 in Haywood County).

Population, income & housing

	Haywood County	Pender County
Population	62,432	63,475
Median age	47.8 yrs	41.8 yrs
Median household income	$61,001	$76,838
Median home value	$254,900	$267,100
Median gross rent	$1,052	$1,072
Housing units	35,307	31,007
Homeownership rate	75.0%	81.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.4%	29.8%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Haywood County	Pender County
Population	61,053 → 62,432 (+2.3%)	60,399 → 63,475 (+5.1%)
Median household income	$51,659 → $61,001 (+18.1%)	$57,240 → $76,838 (+34.2%)
Median home value	$179,700 → $254,900 (+41.8%)	$198,700 → $267,100 (+34.4%)
Median gross rent	$785 → $1,052 (+34.0%)	$919 → $1,072 (+16.6%)

Haywood County

Population

61,05362,432

Median household income

$51,659$61,001

Median home value

$179,700$254,900

Median gross rent

$785$1,052

Pender County

Population

60,39963,475

Median household income

$57,240$76,838

Median home value

$198,700$267,100

Median gross rent

$919$1,072

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Haywood County	Pender County
Under 5	4.2%	5.5%
5 to 17	13.6%	17.0%
18 to 24	6.5%	7.2%
25 to 34	11.8%	10.6%
35 to 44	10.7%	13.9%
45 to 54	12.5%	13.4%
55 to 64	15.3%	14.4%
65 to 74	14.6%	11.4%
75 and over	10.7%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Haywood County	Pender County
White (non-Hispanic)	90.9%	73.9%
Black or African American	1.0%	12.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.2%
Asian	0.4%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.5%
Two or more races	2.4%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	4.7%	8.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Haywood County	Pender County
No high school diploma	8.4%	9.5%
High school graduate	27.5%	27.7%
Some college or associate's	34.7%	33.0%
Bachelor's degree	17.9%	19.7%
Graduate or professional degree	11.5%	10.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Haywood County	Pender County
Drove alone	79.0%	75.7%
Carpooled	9.6%	11.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	2.6%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.1%
Worked from home	7.7%	11.4%
Other means	1.0%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Haywood County	Pender County
1-unit, detached	73.6%	70.2%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	4.7%	1.2%
5 to 19 units	2.5%	2.1%
20 or more units	0.8%	2.0%
Mobile home & other	17.1%	23.0%

Poverty & households

	Haywood County	Pender County
Poverty rate	11.3%	10.7%
Average household size	2.31	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	23	31
Median year structure built	1983	1997