Thomasville vs Welcome

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

Thomasville and Welcome 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 3,649 in Welcome). Welcome has the higher median household income ($65,342 vs $58,246 in Thomasville). Welcome has the higher median home value ($171,100 vs $163,200 in Thomasville).

Population, income & housing

	Thomasville	Welcome
Population	27,261	3,649
Median age	39.4 yrs	39.9 yrs
Median household income	$58,246	$65,342
Median home value	$163,200	$171,100
Median gross rent	$853	$863
Housing units	11,997	1,458
Homeownership rate	63.1%	72.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.6%	14.7%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Thomasville	Welcome
Population	26,784 → 27,261 (+1.8%)	3,804 → 3,649 (-4.1%)
Median household income	$40,648 → $58,246 (+43.3%)	$50,441 → $65,342 (+29.5%)
Median home value	$116,800 → $163,200 (+39.7%)	$133,700 → $171,100 (+28.0%)
Median gross rent	$693 → $853 (+23.1%)	$641 → $863 (+34.6%)

Thomasville

Population

26,78427,261

Median household income

$40,648$58,246

Median home value

$116,800$163,200

Median gross rent

$693$853

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)

	Thomasville	Welcome
Under 5	6.1%	4.0%
5 to 17	17.2%	14.4%
18 to 24	6.9%	14.2%
25 to 34	14.3%	11.2%
35 to 44	12.4%	12.7%
45 to 54	11.3%	13.0%
55 to 64	14.7%	13.6%
65 to 74	9.2%	9.2%
75 and over	8.0%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Thomasville	Welcome
White (non-Hispanic)	60.0%	95.3%
Black or African American	16.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	1.1%
Asian	0.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.8%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	15.9%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Thomasville	Welcome
No high school diploma	17.9%	8.7%
High school graduate	32.2%	40.1%
Some college or associate's	34.3%	36.5%
Bachelor's degree	10.9%	12.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	2.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Thomasville	Welcome
Drove alone	82.0%	88.9%
Carpooled	9.0%	5.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.9%	5.1%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Thomasville	Welcome
1-unit, detached	74.2%	65.8%
1-unit, attached	3.3%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	10.7%	11.4%
5 to 19 units	7.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.0%	22.0%

Poverty & households

	Thomasville	Welcome
Poverty rate	18.4%	8.9%
Average household size	2.43	2.77
Mean commute (minutes)	21	25
Median year structure built	1983	1976