Northampton County vs Warren County

A side-by-side comparison of Northampton County and Warren County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Warren County has the higher population (18,751 vs 17,212 in Northampton County). Northampton County has the higher median household income ($47,935 vs $45,279 in Warren County). Warren County has the higher median home value ($124,700 vs $102,200 in Northampton County).

Population, income & housing

	Northampton County	Warren County
Population	17,212	18,751
Median age	51.6 yrs	48.6 yrs
Median household income	$47,935	$45,279
Median home value	$102,200	$124,700
Median gross rent	$749	$771
Housing units	10,620	11,543
Homeownership rate	73.2%	69.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.0%	19.0%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	8.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Northampton County	Warren County
Population	19,946 → 17,212 (-13.7%)	19,898 → 18,751 (-5.8%)
Median household income	$37,146 → $47,935 (+29.0%)	$36,466 → $45,279 (+24.2%)
Median home value	$83,300 → $102,200 (+22.7%)	$94,600 → $124,700 (+31.8%)
Median gross rent	$717 → $749 (+4.5%)	$619 → $771 (+24.6%)

Northampton County

Population

19,94617,212

Median household income

$37,146$47,935

Median home value

$83,300$102,200

Median gross rent

$717$749

Warren County

Population

19,89818,751

Median household income

$36,466$45,279

Median home value

$94,600$124,700

Median gross rent

$619$771

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Northampton County	Warren County
Under 5	4.8%	4.4%
5 to 17	13.1%	13.7%
18 to 24	6.5%	7.0%
25 to 34	9.9%	10.7%
35 to 44	9.0%	10.5%
45 to 54	11.2%	10.8%
55 to 64	17.0%	16.0%
65 to 74	16.3%	15.6%
75 and over	12.2%	11.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Northampton County	Warren County
White (non-Hispanic)	39.0%	37.7%
Black or African American	54.2%	47.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	5.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.5%
Two or more races	3.9%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	4.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Northampton County	Warren County
No high school diploma	15.5%	13.3%
High school graduate	33.8%	39.1%
Some college or associate's	31.7%	28.6%
Bachelor's degree	11.6%	12.8%
Graduate or professional degree	7.5%	6.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Northampton County	Warren County
Drove alone	84.3%	78.7%
Carpooled	6.9%	9.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	0.4%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.2%	8.9%
Other means	2.2%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Northampton County	Warren County
1-unit, detached	66.2%	55.6%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	3.6%	1.0%
5 to 19 units	0.9%	1.9%
20 or more units	0.6%	1.2%
Mobile home & other	27.9%	39.8%

Poverty & households

	Northampton County	Warren County
Poverty rate	20.0%	22.2%
Average household size	2.18	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	28	28
Median year structure built	1979	1987