Denton vs Welcome

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

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

Welcome has the higher population (3,649 vs 1,271 in Denton). Welcome has the higher median household income ($65,342 vs $46,061 in Denton). Welcome has the higher median home value ($171,100 vs $160,400 in Denton).

Population, income & housing

	Denton	Welcome
Population	1,271	3,649
Median age	42.5 yrs	39.9 yrs
Median household income	$46,061	$65,342
Median home value	$160,400	$171,100
Median gross rent	$731	$863
Housing units	718	1,458
Homeownership rate	62.5%	72.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.8%	14.7%
Unemployment rate	10.5%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Denton	Welcome
Population	1,660 → 1,271 (-23.4%)	3,804 → 3,649 (-4.1%)
Median household income	$34,931 → $46,061 (+31.9%)	$50,441 → $65,342 (+29.5%)
Median home value	$95,600 → $160,400 (+67.8%)	$133,700 → $171,100 (+28.0%)
Median gross rent	$626 → $731 (+16.8%)	$641 → $863 (+34.6%)

Denton

Population

1,6601,271

Median household income

$34,931$46,061

Median home value

$95,600$160,400

Median gross rent

$626$731

Welcome

Population

3,8043,649

Median household income

$50,441$65,342

Median home value

$133,700$171,100

Median gross rent

$641$863

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Denton	Welcome
Under 5	3.1%	4.0%
5 to 17	19.6%	14.4%
18 to 24	6.4%	14.2%
25 to 34	12.5%	11.2%
35 to 44	11.3%	12.7%
45 to 54	12.7%	13.0%
55 to 64	15.9%	13.6%
65 to 74	10.5%	9.2%
75 and over	7.9%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Denton	Welcome
White (non-Hispanic)	90.7%	95.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	8.1%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Denton	Welcome
No high school diploma	19.5%	8.7%
High school graduate	39.0%	40.1%
Some college or associate's	28.7%	36.5%
Bachelor's degree	10.7%	12.5%
Graduate or professional degree	2.1%	2.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Denton	Welcome
Drove alone	80.9%	88.9%
Carpooled	12.4%	5.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.0%	5.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Denton	Welcome
1-unit, detached	77.2%	65.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	10.6%	11.4%
5 to 19 units	3.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.9%	22.0%

Poverty & households

	Denton	Welcome
Poverty rate	15.1%	8.9%
Average household size	2.23	2.77
Mean commute (minutes)	29	25
Median year structure built	1972	1976