Tyro vs Wallburg

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

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

Tyro has the higher population (3,635 vs 3,104 in Wallburg). Wallburg has the higher median household income ($78,821 vs $57,198 in Tyro). Wallburg has the higher median home value ($292,500 vs $182,000 in Tyro).

Population, income & housing

	Tyro	Wallburg
Population	3,635	3,104
Median age	36.8 yrs	48.0 yrs
Median household income	$57,198	$78,821
Median home value	$182,000	$292,500
Median gross rent	$776	$1,047
Housing units	1,435	1,282
Homeownership rate	82.4%	95.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.0%	30.1%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	6.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Tyro	Wallburg
Population	3,954 → 3,635 (-8.1%)	3,053 → 3,104 (+1.7%)
Median household income	$55,714 → $57,198 (+2.7%)	$63,555 → $78,821 (+24.0%)
Median home value	$126,200 → $182,000 (+44.2%)	$170,500 → $292,500 (+71.6%)
Median gross rent	$748 → $776 (+3.7%)	$811 → $1,047 (+29.1%)

Tyro

Population

3,9543,635

Median household income

$55,714$57,198

Median home value

$126,200$182,000

Median gross rent

$748$776

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)

	Tyro	Wallburg
Under 5	5.4%	11.3%
5 to 17	12.8%	5.7%
18 to 24	9.1%	3.9%
25 to 34	19.4%	12.5%
35 to 44	5.6%	11.3%
45 to 54	15.8%	12.4%
55 to 64	16.7%	18.0%
65 to 74	9.3%	16.8%
75 and over	6.0%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Tyro	Wallburg
White (non-Hispanic)	95.2%	80.3%
Black or African American	2.4%	3.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	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	2.1%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.2%	13.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Tyro	Wallburg
No high school diploma	9.3%	2.9%
High school graduate	43.3%	37.8%
Some college or associate's	30.4%	29.2%
Bachelor's degree	13.7%	25.4%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Tyro	Wallburg
Drove alone	81.2%	89.4%
Carpooled	13.1%	3.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	0.5%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.9%	6.1%
Other means	1.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Tyro	Wallburg
1-unit, detached	58.1%	90.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	40.7%	9.5%

Poverty & households

	Tyro	Wallburg
Poverty rate	16.3%	6.4%
Average household size	2.59	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	26	21
Median year structure built	1990	1987