Drexel vs Valdese

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

Drexel 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 1,862 in Drexel). Valdese has the higher median household income ($61,250 vs $58,824 in Drexel). Drexel has the higher median home value ($204,600 vs $171,300 in Valdese).

Population, income & housing

	Drexel	Valdese
Population	1,862	4,689
Median age	47.5 yrs	53.2 yrs
Median household income	$58,824	$61,250
Median home value	$204,600	$171,300
Median gross rent	$625	$627
Housing units	869	2,335
Homeownership rate	70.3%	76.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.2%	37.9%
Unemployment rate	13.1%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Drexel	Valdese
Population	1,862 → 1,862 (+0.0%)	4,410 → 4,689 (+6.3%)
Median household income	$42,703 → $58,824 (+37.8%)	$58,350 → $61,250 (+5.0%)
Median home value	$115,000 → $204,600 (+77.9%)	$118,700 → $171,300 (+44.3%)
Median gross rent	$677 → $625 (-7.7%)	$552 → $627 (+13.6%)

Drexel

Population

1,8621,862

Median household income

$42,703$58,824

Median home value

$115,000$204,600

Median gross rent

$677$625

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)

	Drexel	Valdese
Under 5	4.2%	3.1%
5 to 17	12.4%	14.7%
18 to 24	5.6%	5.9%
25 to 34	14.7%	7.3%
35 to 44	8.9%	12.3%
45 to 54	13.1%	12.7%
55 to 64	17.7%	17.8%
65 to 74	15.1%	13.7%
75 and over	8.2%	12.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Drexel	Valdese
White (non-Hispanic)	87.0%	86.4%
Black or African American	2.9%	1.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.8%	2.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.9%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	6.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Drexel	Valdese
No high school diploma	14.1%	6.6%
High school graduate	31.0%	32.7%
Some college or associate's	34.7%	22.8%
Bachelor's degree	13.4%	21.5%
Graduate or professional degree	6.8%	16.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Drexel	Valdese
Drove alone	87.5%	84.9%
Carpooled	8.2%	4.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.3%	9.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Drexel	Valdese
1-unit, detached	72.0%	77.7%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	10.4%	6.4%
5 to 19 units	10.8%	7.5%
20 or more units	0.8%	2.9%
Mobile home & other	5.2%	3.6%

Poverty & households

	Drexel	Valdese
Poverty rate	12.9%	8.8%
Average household size	2.29	2.10
Mean commute (minutes)	24	26
Median year structure built	1974	1969