Frisco vs Wanchese

A side-by-side comparison of Frisco and Wanchese: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Wanchese has the higher population (1,793 vs 613 in Frisco). Wanchese has the higher median household income ($73,542 vs $43,162 in Frisco). Frisco has the higher median home value ($430,100 vs $257,100 in Wanchese).

Population, income & housing

	Frisco	Wanchese
Population	613	1,793
Median age	54.2 yrs	37.6 yrs
Median household income	$43,162	$73,542
Median home value	$430,100	$257,100
Median gross rent	—	$1,031
Housing units	766	772
Homeownership rate	95.4%	73.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.5%	29.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Frisco	Wanchese
Population	104 → 613 (+489.4%)	1,732 → 1,793 (+3.5%)
Median household income	$35,916 → $43,162 (+20.2%)	$55,799 → $73,542 (+31.8%)
Median home value	$238,300 → $430,100 (+80.5%)	$218,500 → $257,100 (+17.7%)
Median gross rent	$850 → $876 (+3.1%)	$1,099 → $1,031 (-6.2%)

Frisco

Population

104613

Median household income

$35,916$43,162

Median home value

$238,300$430,100

Median gross rent

$850$876

Wanchese

Population

1,7321,793

Median household income

$55,799$73,542

Median home value

$218,500$257,100

Median gross rent

$1,099$1,031

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Frisco	Wanchese
Under 5	3.3%	8.0%
5 to 17	11.9%	18.7%
18 to 24	4.7%	3.3%
25 to 34	7.0%	13.8%
35 to 44	17.0%	14.2%
45 to 54	8.3%	9.1%
55 to 64	7.3%	15.3%
65 to 74	27.1%	11.2%
75 and over	13.4%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Frisco	Wanchese
White (non-Hispanic)	66.4%	97.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	16.0%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	17.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Frisco	Wanchese
No high school diploma	15.1%	7.4%
High school graduate	24.0%	39.6%
Some college or associate's	24.4%	23.8%
Bachelor's degree	28.1%	24.1%
Graduate or professional degree	8.4%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Frisco	Wanchese
Drove alone	49.3%	75.3%
Carpooled	14.7%	17.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	36.0%	4.2%
Other means	0.0%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Frisco	Wanchese
1-unit, detached	91.3%	68.9%
1-unit, attached	4.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.7%	31.1%

Poverty & households

	Frisco	Wanchese
Poverty rate	14.8%	5.0%
Average household size	1.78	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	25	21
Median year structure built	1986	1985