Ayden is a very small town located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 5,049 people and three associated neighborhoods, Ayden is the 159th largest community in North Carolina.

Ayden is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

In terms of college education, Ayden is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 19.59% of adults 25 and older in Ayden have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Ayden in 2022 was $25,067, which is lower middle income relative to North Carolina and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $100,268 for a family of four. However, Ayden contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Ayden is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Ayden home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Ayden residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Ayden also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 11.60% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Ayden include English, German, Irish, Italian, and Scots-Irish.

The most common language spoken in Ayden is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.