Eastover vs Wade

A side-by-side comparison of Eastover and Wade: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Eastover has the higher population (3,666 vs 565 in Wade). Eastover has the higher median household income ($80,000 vs $67,574 in Wade). Eastover has the higher median home value ($238,900 vs $204,200 in Wade).

Population, income & housing

	Eastover	Wade
Population	3,666	565
Median age	44.7 yrs	43.1 yrs
Median household income	$80,000	$67,574
Median home value	$238,900	$204,200
Median gross rent	$1,122	$1,158
Housing units	1,577	273
Homeownership rate	80.7%	66.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.0%	16.5%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	19.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Eastover	Wade
Population	3,710 → 3,666 (-1.2%)	684 → 565 (-17.4%)
Median household income	$53,526 → $80,000 (+49.5%)	$48,846 → $67,574 (+38.3%)
Median home value	$183,900 → $238,900 (+29.9%)	$93,800 → $204,200 (+117.7%)
Median gross rent	$775 → $1,122 (+44.8%)	$775 → $1,158 (+49.4%)

Eastover

Population

3,7103,666

Median household income

$53,526$80,000

Median home value

$183,900$238,900

Median gross rent

$775$1,122

Wade

Population

684565

Median household income

$48,846$67,574

Median home value

$93,800$204,200

Median gross rent

$775$1,158

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Eastover	Wade
Under 5	3.5%	11.3%
5 to 17	21.2%	12.0%
18 to 24	6.4%	5.8%
25 to 34	7.3%	14.3%
35 to 44	12.2%	8.8%
45 to 54	12.7%	8.1%
55 to 64	13.6%	22.5%
65 to 74	15.0%	12.0%
75 and over	8.0%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Eastover	Wade
White (non-Hispanic)	77.3%	86.4%
Black or African American	9.0%	11.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.9%	0.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.2%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	5.8%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Eastover	Wade
No high school diploma	4.8%	7.0%
High school graduate	23.9%	45.0%
Some college or associate's	37.3%	31.5%
Bachelor's degree	18.9%	11.5%
Graduate or professional degree	15.1%	5.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Eastover	Wade
Drove alone	78.5%	83.3%
Carpooled	10.5%	8.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.0%	8.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Eastover	Wade
1-unit, detached	86.6%	71.8%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	2.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.5%	21.6%

Poverty & households

	Eastover	Wade
Poverty rate	13.6%	17.0%
Average household size	2.55	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	22	30
Median year structure built	1986	1988