Thomasville vs Wallburg

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

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

Thomasville has the higher population (27,261 vs 3,104 in Wallburg). Wallburg has the higher median household income ($78,821 vs $58,246 in Thomasville). Wallburg has the higher median home value ($292,500 vs $163,200 in Thomasville).

Population, income & housing

	Thomasville	Wallburg
Population	27,261	3,104
Median age	39.4 yrs	48.0 yrs
Median household income	$58,246	$78,821
Median home value	$163,200	$292,500
Median gross rent	$853	$1,047
Housing units	11,997	1,282
Homeownership rate	63.1%	95.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.6%	30.1%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	6.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Thomasville	Wallburg
Population	26,784 → 27,261 (+1.8%)	3,053 → 3,104 (+1.7%)
Median household income	$40,648 → $58,246 (+43.3%)	$63,555 → $78,821 (+24.0%)
Median home value	$116,800 → $163,200 (+39.7%)	$170,500 → $292,500 (+71.6%)
Median gross rent	$693 → $853 (+23.1%)	$811 → $1,047 (+29.1%)

Thomasville

Population

26,78427,261

Median household income

$40,648$58,246

Median home value

$116,800$163,200

Median gross rent

$693$853

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)

	Thomasville	Wallburg
Under 5	6.1%	11.3%
5 to 17	17.2%	5.7%
18 to 24	6.9%	3.9%
25 to 34	14.3%	12.5%
35 to 44	12.4%	11.3%
45 to 54	11.3%	12.4%
55 to 64	14.7%	18.0%
65 to 74	9.2%	16.8%
75 and over	8.0%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Thomasville	Wallburg
White (non-Hispanic)	60.0%	80.3%
Black or African American	16.9%	3.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.8%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	15.9%	13.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Thomasville	Wallburg
No high school diploma	17.9%	2.9%
High school graduate	32.2%	37.8%
Some college or associate's	34.3%	29.2%
Bachelor's degree	10.9%	25.4%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Thomasville	Wallburg
Drove alone	82.0%	89.4%
Carpooled	9.0%	3.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	0.6%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.9%	6.1%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Thomasville	Wallburg
1-unit, detached	74.2%	90.5%
1-unit, attached	3.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	7.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.0%	9.5%

Poverty & households

	Thomasville	Wallburg
Poverty rate	18.4%	6.4%
Average household size	2.43	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	21	21
Median year structure built	1983	1987