Vander vs Wade

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

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

Vander has the higher population (1,614 vs 565 in Wade). Wade has the higher median household income ($67,574 vs $63,611 in Vander). Vander has the higher median home value ($219,900 vs $204,200 in Wade).

Population, income & housing

	Vander	Wade
Population	1,614	565
Median age	49.4 yrs	43.1 yrs
Median household income	$63,611	$67,574
Median home value	$219,900	$204,200
Median gross rent	$916	$1,158
Housing units	732	273
Homeownership rate	75.8%	66.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.1%	16.5%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	19.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Vander	Wade
Population	1,006 → 1,614 (+60.4%)	684 → 565 (-17.4%)
Median household income	$37,423 → $63,611 (+70.0%)	$48,846 → $67,574 (+38.3%)
Median home value	$115,600 → $219,900 (+90.2%)	$93,800 → $204,200 (+117.7%)
Median gross rent	$814 → $916 (+12.5%)	$775 → $1,158 (+49.4%)

Vander

Population

1,0061,614

Median household income

$37,423$63,611

Median home value

$115,600$219,900

Median gross rent

$814$916

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)

	Vander	Wade
Under 5	4.3%	11.3%
5 to 17	16.2%	12.0%
18 to 24	2.7%	5.8%
25 to 34	6.6%	14.3%
35 to 44	17.3%	8.8%
45 to 54	13.1%	8.1%
55 to 64	18.5%	22.5%
65 to 74	10.4%	12.0%
75 and over	10.8%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Vander	Wade
White (non-Hispanic)	55.0%	86.4%
Black or African American	35.1%	11.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	3.3%	0.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.6%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Vander	Wade
No high school diploma	7.8%	7.0%
High school graduate	29.8%	45.0%
Some college or associate's	41.4%	31.5%
Bachelor's degree	8.4%	11.5%
Graduate or professional degree	12.7%	5.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Vander	Wade
Drove alone	91.6%	83.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	8.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.4%	8.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Vander	Wade
1-unit, detached	71.2%	71.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.9%
2 to 4 units	3.6%	3.7%
5 to 19 units	2.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	22.4%	21.6%

Poverty & households

	Vander	Wade
Poverty rate	29.7%	17.0%
Average household size	2.51	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	28	30
Median year structure built	1991	1988