With 12,087 people, Archdale is a city in North Carolina. At a median age of 46.1, this is an older place than the country as a whole. 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, below the 36% national rate. 78% of homes are owner-occupied. Growth has run 34% since 2000, or 3,073 more people. Home values have more than doubled since 2000, reaching $198,000.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $64,757, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Older
median age 46.1
US median: 38.9
Less educated
23% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Stable housing
home values roughly flat, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Archdale
What changed most since 1990
Homes owned by their occupants67.0% → 78.4%(+11.5 pts)US over the same years: +0.9 pts
Median age34.1 → 46.1(+12.0 years)US over the same years: +6.0 years
Median home value (2024 dollars)$163,925 → $198,000(+21%)US over the same years: +67%
Archdale's population equals 8.3% of Randolph County's. Its number of residents living in poverty equals 3.0% of the county's. Its number of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher equals 11% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)14.8%(86)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)14.3%(83)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era56.6%(328)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War1%(6)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0%(0)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 580 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Archdale, decade by decade
Archdale population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
6,882
$71,258
$163,925
10.1%
6.9
2000
9,014
$75,950
$178,158
13.5%
18.4
2010
11,415
$69,470
$196,653
14.9%
32.8
2020
11,907
$68,672
$172,231
19.1%
54.1
2024
12,087
$64,757
$198,000
22.9%
49.1
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
