Southmont vs Welcome

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

Southmont 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 1,293 in Southmont). Welcome has the higher median household income ($65,342 vs $55,000 in Southmont). Southmont has the higher median home value ($273,300 vs $171,100 in Welcome).

Population, income & housing

	Southmont	Welcome
Population	1,293	3,649
Median age	49.9 yrs	39.9 yrs
Median household income	$55,000	$65,342
Median home value	$273,300	$171,100
Median gross rent	—	$863
Housing units	802	1,458
Homeownership rate	94.2%	72.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.5%	14.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Southmont	Welcome
Population	1,150 → 1,293 (+12.4%)	3,804 → 3,649 (-4.1%)
Median household income	$52,386 → $55,000 (+5.0%)	$50,441 → $65,342 (+29.5%)
Median home value	$165,200 → $273,300 (+65.4%)	$133,700 → $171,100 (+28.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$641 → $863 (+34.6%)

Southmont

Population

1,1501,293

Median household income

$52,386$55,000

Median home value

$165,200$273,300

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)

	Southmont	Welcome
Under 5	7.5%	4.0%
5 to 17	6.8%	14.4%
18 to 24	14.5%	14.2%
25 to 34	12.0%	11.2%
35 to 44	8.8%	12.7%
45 to 54	5.6%	13.0%
55 to 64	14.5%	13.6%
65 to 74	10.5%	9.2%
75 and over	19.7%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Southmont	Welcome
White (non-Hispanic)	84.6%	95.3%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	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	14.7%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Southmont	Welcome
No high school diploma	8.0%	8.7%
High school graduate	25.7%	40.1%
Some college or associate's	29.8%	36.5%
Bachelor's degree	24.3%	12.5%
Graduate or professional degree	12.2%	2.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Southmont	Welcome
Drove alone	82.6%	88.9%
Carpooled	9.2%	5.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.2%	5.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Southmont	Welcome
1-unit, detached	81.3%	65.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	11.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	18.7%	22.0%

Poverty & households

	Southmont	Welcome
Poverty rate	21.7%	8.9%
Average household size	2.03	2.77
Mean commute (minutes)	37	25
Median year structure built	1987	1976