What is the population of Glen Alpine town?

Glen Alpine town has 1,995 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #340 of 777 in North Carolina.

What is the median household income in Glen Alpine town?

Median household income in Glen Alpine town is $62,917 a year, 19.9% below the national figure of $78,538.

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

Median gross rent is $847 a month and the median home value is $173,200, so rent absorbs about 16.2% of median household income.

Is Glen Alpine town affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 2.8× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Glen Alpine town is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 16.2% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Glen Alpine, NC population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Glen Alpine, North Carolina (Glen Alpine, NC — Census place “Glen Alpine town”) is 1,995 residents, ranking #340 of 777 places in North Carolina. Median household income is $62,917, the median home is worth $173,200 and median gross rent runs $847 a month. Looking for the Glen Alpine North Carolina ZIP code list? 2 ZIP codes serve Glen Alpine, NC: 28628, 28655.

Population: 1,995Glen Alpine town residents
Median household income: $62,917Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $173,200Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $847Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 36.7 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 80%Owner-occupied households

Glen Alpine ZIP codes (North Carolina)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Glen Alpine.

The Glen Alpine NC ZIP code list below covers 2 ZIP codes. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

What the numbers mean in Glen Alpine town

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Glen Alpine town median would spend about 16.2% 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 2.8× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 13.2% of residents and 80% of households own their home.

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

Glen Alpine town, NC in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Glen Alpine town is a small town in North Carolina, with 1,995 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #340 of 777 ranked by population — larger than 56% of them. The median age here is 36.7 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.

Households in Glen Alpine town earn a median of $62,917 a year, 19.9% below the national figure of $78,538 and 3% above 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 13.2% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Glen Alpine town is valued at $173,200, 42.9% below the national figure and 21% below the $219,800 peer median, while median gross rent runs $847 a month, 39.8% below the national figure, or roughly $10,164 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 16.2% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 2.8×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 80% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, an owner-dominated market where rental listings are scarce and rent medians rest on a thin sample. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. 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 Glen Alpine town?: Glen Alpine town has 1,995 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #340 of 777 in North Carolina.
What is the median household income in Glen Alpine town?: Median household income in Glen Alpine town is $62,917 a year, 19.9% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Glen Alpine town?: Median gross rent is $847 a month and the median home value is $173,200, so rent absorbs about 16.2% of median household income.
Is Glen Alpine town affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 2.8× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Glen Alpine town is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 16.2% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Glen Alpine town data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.