Southmont vs Wallburg

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

Southmont 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 1,293 in Southmont). Wallburg has the higher median household income ($78,821 vs $55,000 in Southmont). Wallburg has the higher median home value ($292,500 vs $273,300 in Southmont).

Population, income & housing

	Southmont	Wallburg
Population	1,293	3,104
Median age	49.9 yrs	48.0 yrs
Median household income	$55,000	$78,821
Median home value	$273,300	$292,500
Median gross rent	—	$1,047
Housing units	802	1,282
Homeownership rate	94.2%	95.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.5%	30.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	6.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Southmont	Wallburg
Population	1,150 → 1,293 (+12.4%)	3,053 → 3,104 (+1.7%)
Median household income	$52,386 → $55,000 (+5.0%)	$63,555 → $78,821 (+24.0%)
Median home value	$165,200 → $273,300 (+65.4%)	$170,500 → $292,500 (+71.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$811 → $1,047 (+29.1%)

Southmont

Population

1,1501,293

Median household income

$52,386$55,000

Median home value

$165,200$273,300

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)

	Southmont	Wallburg
Under 5	7.5%	11.3%
5 to 17	6.8%	5.7%
18 to 24	14.5%	3.9%
25 to 34	12.0%	12.5%
35 to 44	8.8%	11.3%
45 to 54	5.6%	12.4%
55 to 64	14.5%	18.0%
65 to 74	10.5%	16.8%
75 and over	19.7%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Southmont	Wallburg
White (non-Hispanic)	84.6%	80.3%
Black or African American	0.4%	3.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	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	14.7%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	13.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Southmont	Wallburg
No high school diploma	8.0%	2.9%
High school graduate	25.7%	37.8%
Some college or associate's	29.8%	29.2%
Bachelor's degree	24.3%	25.4%
Graduate or professional degree	12.2%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Southmont	Wallburg
Drove alone	82.6%	89.4%
Carpooled	9.2%	3.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	0.0%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.2%	6.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Southmont	Wallburg
1-unit, detached	81.3%	90.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	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	18.7%	9.5%

Poverty & households

	Southmont	Wallburg
Poverty rate	21.7%	6.4%
Average household size	2.03	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	37	21
Median year structure built	1987	1987