Glen RavenNC
The town, home to 3,506 people, lies in North Carolina.
Is Glen Raven a good place to live?
Glen Raven’s weakest is walkability (D). Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 86% of U.S. towns. This North Carolina town grades C overall, better than just over a quarter of U.S. towns, and ranks 168th of 286 in North Carolina. Health is weaker too (C−) — CDC estimates put its residents' health behind 78% of the country. Cost of living is where it shines: a typical home costs about $224K, 3.4 years of the Burlington metro’s $66K median household income. One in ten residents are 65 or older here, below both North Carolina’s towns (18%) and U.S. towns (18%). The town has 2 places on the National Register.
Figures: home values, Zillow · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · health, CDC PLACES · National Register of Historic Places.
Glen Raven has grown 18% from 2010 to 2020
2,750 counted in 2010 and 3,239 in 2020.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts
How Glen Raven grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within North Carolina), ordered by how far Glen Raven is from typical.
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Moving to Glen Raven: who provides what
Glen Raven is unincorporated, so Alamance County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Glen Raven.
Glen Raven earns a C− for health
For adults in Glen Raven, the share who worry about having enough food is 21%. Just over two fifths of Glen Raven adults have obesity.
| Glen Raven | North Carolina towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 42% | 36% | 35% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 14% | 14% |
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 10% | 8.1% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 15% | 14% |
| What stands out | Glen Raven | NC |
|---|---|---|
| More adults facing food insecurity | 20.8% | 15.2% |
| More uninsured adults | 14.2% | 10.4% |
| More adults facing a utility shut-off | 11% | 8.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Glen Raven sends most of its workers out of town
Glen Raven has 372 jobs for its 1,372 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out.
The top destinations are Burlington (28%), Greensboro (9%) and Durham (7%). Most people who work leave Glen Raven to do it: just 1% work in town. The share of residents in Glen Raven who live below the poverty line: 17%. This North Carolina town had 372 jobs in 2023, up 101 from 2013.
| Glen Raven | North Carolina towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 17% | 13% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 1% | 6.8% | 8% |
| Median household income | $63,000 | $69,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 24 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Low risk in Glen Raven, with inland flooding at the top
For Glen Raven, the natural-hazard score from FEMA is 32 of 100. FEMA puts 61% of the town’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 13% to tornadoes. Since 1996, 7 flood insurance claims have been paid out in the town.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Mild winters and hot summers: that is Glen Raven’s year
Glen Raven’s typical July afternoon high stands at 89°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
The median home in Glen Raven sells for about $254K
66% of households own their home here. Glen Raven’s rent at the middle of the market comes in at $743 a month.
| Glen Raven | North Carolina towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $743 a month | $1,086 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 66% | 67% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Kenan Memorial Stadium and 22 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Glen Raven. Close and well known come first.
28 mi Stadium & arenaKenan Memorial Stadium
38 mi Zoo & aquariumNorth Carolina Zoo700K visitors a year
28 mi Stadium & arenaDean Smith Center
28 mi LandmarkBennett Place State Historic Site10 mi MuseumPalmer Memorial Institute
20 mi National Military ParkGuilford Courthouse National Military Park450K visitors a yearPhoto credits
Kenan Memorial Stadium: Yeungb, CC BY 3.0 · North Carolina Zoo: Diane Villa, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Dean Smith Center: No machine-readable author provided. Snargle~commonswiki assumed (based on copyr, Public domain · Bennett Place State Historic Site: Ildar Sagdejev (Specious), CC BY-SA 4.0 · Guilford Courthouse National Military Park: National Park Service Digital Image Archives, Public domain
Everything we know about Glen Raven
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of Glen Raven
About 5 of every 100 Glen Raven residents are enrolled in college, about the same as North Carolina.
99% of working residents leave Glen Raven for work
Where Glen Raven’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Glen Raven
Census-designated place in North Carolina, United States
Glen Raven is a census-designated place (CDP) in Alamance County, North Carolina, United States. It is part of the Burlington, North Carolina Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2020 census, Glen Raven had a population of 3,239.
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- Area
- 3.6 sq mi
- Elevation
- 705 ft
Glen Raven’s neighbors
2 towns share a border with Glen Raven.
| Town | NC rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glen Raven | #168 | C | B+ | — | C | C− |
| Burlington | #249 | D | B− | D | C | C |
| Elon | #49 | B | D | A | C | A |
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Questions about Glen Raven
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Glen Raven, NC a good place to live?
Glen Raven grades C overall, better than 26% of U.S. towns and #168 of 286 in North Carolina. It grades C− for health and C for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a D.
Is Glen Raven, NC expensive?
Not for the area. The typical home is worth about $224,000, 33% below the North Carolina typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B+.