Connelly Springs vs Valdese

A side-by-side comparison of Connelly Springs and Valdese: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Valdese has the higher population (4,689 vs 2,342 in Connelly Springs). Connelly Springs has the higher median household income ($66,643 vs $61,250 in Valdese). Connelly Springs has the higher median home value ($178,800 vs $171,300 in Valdese).

Population, income & housing

	Connelly Springs	Valdese
Population	2,342	4,689
Median age	37.4 yrs	53.2 yrs
Median household income	$66,643	$61,250
Median home value	$178,800	$171,300
Median gross rent	$819	$627
Housing units	948	2,335
Homeownership rate	63.0%	76.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.2%	37.9%
Unemployment rate	7.9%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Connelly Springs	Valdese
Population	1,784 → 2,342 (+31.3%)	4,410 → 4,689 (+6.3%)
Median household income	$42,355 → $66,643 (+57.3%)	$58,350 → $61,250 (+5.0%)
Median home value	$96,800 → $178,800 (+84.7%)	$118,700 → $171,300 (+44.3%)
Median gross rent	$621 → $819 (+31.9%)	$552 → $627 (+13.6%)

Connelly Springs

Population

1,7842,342

Median household income

$42,355$66,643

Median home value

$96,800$178,800

Median gross rent

$621$819

Valdese

Population

4,4104,689

Median household income

$58,350$61,250

Median home value

$118,700$171,300

Median gross rent

$552$627

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Connelly Springs	Valdese
Under 5	7.3%	3.1%
5 to 17	14.0%	14.7%
18 to 24	9.8%	5.9%
25 to 34	16.8%	7.3%
35 to 44	7.2%	12.3%
45 to 54	11.8%	12.7%
55 to 64	20.9%	17.8%
65 to 74	9.6%	13.7%
75 and over	2.7%	12.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Connelly Springs	Valdese
White (non-Hispanic)	81.5%	86.4%
Black or African American	6.4%	1.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.9%	2.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	6.0%	6.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Connelly Springs	Valdese
No high school diploma	11.1%	6.6%
High school graduate	38.6%	32.7%
Some college or associate's	32.1%	22.8%
Bachelor's degree	11.6%	21.5%
Graduate or professional degree	6.6%	16.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Connelly Springs	Valdese
Drove alone	76.5%	84.9%
Carpooled	16.5%	4.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.2%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.7%	9.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Connelly Springs	Valdese
1-unit, detached	63.2%	77.7%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	7.5%
20 or more units	0.3%	2.9%
Mobile home & other	34.7%	3.6%

Poverty & households

	Connelly Springs	Valdese
Poverty rate	8.9%	8.8%
Average household size	2.64	2.10
Mean commute (minutes)	22	26
Median year structure built	1990	1969