Ansonville vs Wadesboro

A side-by-side comparison of Ansonville and Wadesboro: population, income, housing, and more.

Ansonville and Wadesboro are places in North Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Wadesboro has the higher population (4,966 vs 578 in Ansonville). Ansonville has the higher median household income ($39,375 vs $34,125 in Wadesboro). Wadesboro has the higher median home value ($98,600 vs $88,500 in Ansonville).

Population, income & housing

	Ansonville	Wadesboro
Population	578	4,966
Median age	49.6 yrs	37.6 yrs
Median household income	$39,375	$34,125
Median home value	$88,500	$98,600
Median gross rent	$919	$921
Housing units	273	2,286
Homeownership rate	70.8%	59.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.5%	15.5%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	12.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ansonville	Wadesboro
Population	730 → 578 (-20.8%)	5,305 → 4,966 (-6.4%)
Median household income	$50,163 → $39,375 (-21.5%)	$26,680 → $34,125 (+27.9%)
Median home value	$80,800 → $88,500 (+9.5%)	$81,100 → $98,600 (+21.6%)
Median gross rent	$822 → $919 (+11.8%)	$778 → $921 (+18.4%)

Ansonville

Population

730578

Median household income

$50,163$39,375

Median home value

$80,800$88,500

Median gross rent

$822$919

Wadesboro

Population

5,3054,966

Median household income

$26,680$34,125

Median home value

$81,100$98,600

Median gross rent

$778$921

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ansonville	Wadesboro
Under 5	4.2%	6.9%
5 to 17	10.7%	20.5%
18 to 24	4.7%	11.1%
25 to 34	23.9%	8.2%
35 to 44	5.0%	11.3%
45 to 54	5.2%	11.3%
55 to 64	13.8%	13.0%
65 to 74	14.0%	8.7%
75 and over	18.5%	8.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ansonville	Wadesboro
White (non-Hispanic)	15.9%	25.4%
Black or African American	82.9%	65.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	4.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ansonville	Wadesboro
No high school diploma	21.1%	15.6%
High school graduate	51.0%	33.5%
Some college or associate's	21.5%	35.4%
Bachelor's degree	6.5%	12.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	3.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ansonville	Wadesboro
Drove alone	68.2%	63.2%
Carpooled	31.8%	25.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	8.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ansonville	Wadesboro
1-unit, detached	70.0%	74.2%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	7.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	8.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	29.3%	6.6%

Poverty & households

	Ansonville	Wadesboro
Poverty rate	26.3%	30.0%
Average household size	2.64	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	25	27
Median year structure built	1975	1968