Macon County vs Yadkin County

A side-by-side comparison of Macon County and Yadkin County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Macon County has the higher population (37,533 vs 37,419 in Yadkin County). Yadkin County has the higher median household income ($60,321 vs $53,298 in Macon County). Macon County has the higher median home value ($229,000 vs $176,400 in Yadkin County).

Population, income & housing

	Macon County	Yadkin County
Population	37,533	37,419
Median age	50.1 yrs	44.3 yrs
Median household income	$53,298	$60,321
Median home value	$229,000	$176,400
Median gross rent	$791	$734
Housing units	27,070	17,165
Homeownership rate	76.3%	77.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.6%	15.8%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Macon County	Yadkin County
Population	34,813 → 37,533 (+7.8%)	37,602 → 37,419 (-0.5%)
Median household income	$45,507 → $53,298 (+17.1%)	$44,682 → $60,321 (+35.0%)
Median home value	$165,600 → $229,000 (+38.3%)	$133,100 → $176,400 (+32.5%)
Median gross rent	$756 → $791 (+4.6%)	$635 → $734 (+15.6%)

Macon County

Population

34,81337,533

Median household income

$45,507$53,298

Median home value

$165,600$229,000

Median gross rent

$756$791

Yadkin County

Population

37,60237,419

Median household income

$44,682$60,321

Median home value

$133,100$176,400

Median gross rent

$635$734

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Macon County	Yadkin County
Under 5	4.4%	5.0%
5 to 17	13.6%	15.8%
18 to 24	6.8%	7.9%
25 to 34	9.6%	11.8%
35 to 44	10.1%	10.4%
45 to 54	11.3%	13.3%
55 to 64	15.4%	15.2%
65 to 74	16.8%	11.8%
75 and over	12.1%	8.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Macon County	Yadkin County
White (non-Hispanic)	85.7%	82.1%
Black or African American	1.2%	2.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	0.8%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.7%
Two or more races	2.2%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	9.7%	12.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Macon County	Yadkin County
No high school diploma	10.0%	13.5%
High school graduate	30.6%	36.0%
Some college or associate's	34.9%	34.7%
Bachelor's degree	15.7%	11.9%
Graduate or professional degree	8.8%	3.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Macon County	Yadkin County
Drove alone	81.7%	84.3%
Carpooled	8.0%	7.2%
Public transit	0.2%	0.6%
Walked	1.4%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	7.0%	5.8%
Other means	1.8%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Macon County	Yadkin County
1-unit, detached	74.9%	71.6%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	3.2%	3.7%
5 to 19 units	2.8%	1.5%
20 or more units	1.3%	2.0%
Mobile home & other	16.5%	20.8%

Poverty & households

	Macon County	Yadkin County
Poverty rate	14.4%	13.6%
Average household size	2.06	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	23	28
Median year structure built	1987	1981