Denton vs Wallburg

A side-by-side comparison of Denton and Wallburg: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Wallburg has the higher population (3,104 vs 1,271 in Denton). Wallburg has the higher median household income ($78,821 vs $46,061 in Denton). Wallburg has the higher median home value ($292,500 vs $160,400 in Denton).

Population, income & housing

	Denton	Wallburg
Population	1,271	3,104
Median age	42.5 yrs	48.0 yrs
Median household income	$46,061	$78,821
Median home value	$160,400	$292,500
Median gross rent	$731	$1,047
Housing units	718	1,282
Homeownership rate	62.5%	95.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.8%	30.1%
Unemployment rate	10.5%	6.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Denton	Wallburg
Population	1,660 → 1,271 (-23.4%)	3,053 → 3,104 (+1.7%)
Median household income	$34,931 → $46,061 (+31.9%)	$63,555 → $78,821 (+24.0%)
Median home value	$95,600 → $160,400 (+67.8%)	$170,500 → $292,500 (+71.6%)
Median gross rent	$626 → $731 (+16.8%)	$811 → $1,047 (+29.1%)

Denton

Population

1,6601,271

Median household income

$34,931$46,061

Median home value

$95,600$160,400

Median gross rent

$626$731

Wallburg

Population

3,0533,104

Median household income

$63,555$78,821

Median home value

$170,500$292,500

Median gross rent

$811$1,047

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Denton	Wallburg
Under 5	3.1%	11.3%
5 to 17	19.6%	5.7%
18 to 24	6.4%	3.9%
25 to 34	12.5%	12.5%
35 to 44	11.3%	11.3%
45 to 54	12.7%	12.4%
55 to 64	15.9%	18.0%
65 to 74	10.5%	16.8%
75 and over	7.9%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Denton	Wallburg
White (non-Hispanic)	90.7%	80.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	8.1%	13.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Denton	Wallburg
No high school diploma	19.5%	2.9%
High school graduate	39.0%	37.8%
Some college or associate's	28.7%	29.2%
Bachelor's degree	10.7%	25.4%
Graduate or professional degree	2.1%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Denton	Wallburg
Drove alone	80.9%	89.4%
Carpooled	12.4%	3.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	1.7%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.0%	6.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Denton	Wallburg
1-unit, detached	77.2%	90.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.9%	9.5%

Poverty & households

	Denton	Wallburg
Poverty rate	15.1%	6.4%
Average household size	2.23	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	29	21
Median year structure built	1972	1987