Stedman vs Wade

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

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

Stedman has the higher population (1,613 vs 565 in Wade). Stedman has the higher median household income ($105,491 vs $67,574 in Wade). Stedman has the higher median home value ($205,800 vs $204,200 in Wade).

Population, income & housing

	Stedman	Wade
Population	1,613	565
Median age	34.4 yrs	43.1 yrs
Median household income	$105,491	$67,574
Median home value	$205,800	$204,200
Median gross rent	$1,539	$1,158
Housing units	645	273
Homeownership rate	89.3%	66.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.4%	16.5%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	19.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Stedman	Wade
Population	1,364 → 1,613 (+18.3%)	684 → 565 (-17.4%)
Median household income	$66,563 → $105,491 (+58.5%)	$48,846 → $67,574 (+38.3%)
Median home value	$161,600 → $205,800 (+27.4%)	$93,800 → $204,200 (+117.7%)
Median gross rent	$777 → $1,539 (+98.1%)	$775 → $1,158 (+49.4%)

Stedman

Population

1,3641,613

Median household income

$66,563$105,491

Median home value

$161,600$205,800

Median gross rent

$777$1,539

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)

	Stedman	Wade
Under 5	6.8%	11.3%
5 to 17	22.5%	12.0%
18 to 24	7.6%	5.8%
25 to 34	15.1%	14.3%
35 to 44	20.1%	8.8%
45 to 54	7.8%	8.1%
55 to 64	11.9%	22.5%
65 to 74	4.1%	12.0%
75 and over	4.1%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Stedman	Wade
White (non-Hispanic)	69.6%	86.4%
Black or African American	17.6%	11.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.4%
Asian	0.8%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.2%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	4.3%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Stedman	Wade
No high school diploma	8.0%	7.0%
High school graduate	26.9%	45.0%
Some college or associate's	29.6%	31.5%
Bachelor's degree	22.3%	11.5%
Graduate or professional degree	13.2%	5.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Stedman	Wade
Drove alone	89.1%	83.3%
Carpooled	5.9%	8.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.1%	8.4%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Stedman	Wade
1-unit, detached	96.4%	71.8%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	2.9%
2 to 4 units	0.9%	3.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.2%	21.6%

Poverty & households

	Stedman	Wade
Poverty rate	6.4%	17.0%
Average household size	2.93	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	29	30
Median year structure built	2003	1988