What is the population of Ayden town?

Ayden town has 5,035 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #162 of 777 in North Carolina.

What is the median household income in Ayden town?

Median household income in Ayden town is $41,711 a year, 46.9% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Ayden town?

Median gross rent is $774 a month and the median home value is $161,200, so rent absorbs about 22.3% of median household income.

Is Ayden town affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 3.9× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Ayden town is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 22.3% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Ayden, NC population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Ayden, North Carolina (Ayden, NC — Census place “Ayden town”) is 5,035 residents, ranking #162 of 777 places in North Carolina. Median household income is $41,711, the median home is worth $161,200 and median gross rent runs $774 a month. Looking for the Ayden North Carolina ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Ayden, NC: 28513.

Population: 5,035Ayden town residents
Median household income: $41,711Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $161,200Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $774Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 42.4 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 54.6%Owner-occupied households

Ayden ZIP codes (North Carolina)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Ayden.

The Ayden NC ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

28513

What the numbers mean in Ayden town

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Ayden town median would spend about 22.3% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 3.9× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 21.6% of residents and 54.6% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Ayden town, NC in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Ayden town is a mid-size town in North Carolina, with 5,035 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #162 of 777 ranked by population — larger than 79% of them. The median age here is 42.4 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Ayden town earn a median of $41,711 a year, 46.9% below the national figure of $78,538 and 32% below the $61,228 median for the 459 North Carolina cities we cover. Household income here is measured before tax and pooled across everyone at the address, which is why it reads higher than typical individual earnings in the same area. Poverty reaches 21.6% of residents here, well above the 12.4% national rate, which is the single clearest signal in this dataset that median income here is carried by a narrow band of households.

The typical owner-occupied home in Ayden town is valued at $161,200, 46.9% below the national figure and 27% below the $219,800 peer median, while median gross rent runs $774 a month, 45% below the national figure, or roughly $9,288 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 22.3% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 3.9×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 54.6% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

All values below were released by the Census for this exact geography, with no gap-filling on our side. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Ayden town?: Ayden town has 5,035 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #162 of 777 in North Carolina.
What is the median household income in Ayden town?: Median household income in Ayden town is $41,711 a year, 46.9% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Ayden town?: Median gross rent is $774 a month and the median home value is $161,200, so rent absorbs about 22.3% of median household income.
Is Ayden town affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 3.9× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Ayden town is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 22.3% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Ayden town data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.