Tyro vs Welcome

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

Tyro 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 3,635 in Tyro). Welcome has the higher median household income ($65,342 vs $57,198 in Tyro). Tyro has the higher median home value ($182,000 vs $171,100 in Welcome).

Population, income & housing

	Tyro	Welcome
Population	3,635	3,649
Median age	36.8 yrs	39.9 yrs
Median household income	$57,198	$65,342
Median home value	$182,000	$171,100
Median gross rent	$776	$863
Housing units	1,435	1,458
Homeownership rate	82.4%	72.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.0%	14.7%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Tyro	Welcome
Population	3,954 → 3,635 (-8.1%)	3,804 → 3,649 (-4.1%)
Median household income	$55,714 → $57,198 (+2.7%)	$50,441 → $65,342 (+29.5%)
Median home value	$126,200 → $182,000 (+44.2%)	$133,700 → $171,100 (+28.0%)
Median gross rent	$748 → $776 (+3.7%)	$641 → $863 (+34.6%)

Tyro

Population

3,9543,635

Median household income

$55,714$57,198

Median home value

$126,200$182,000

Median gross rent

$748$776

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)

	Tyro	Welcome
Under 5	5.4%	4.0%
5 to 17	12.8%	14.4%
18 to 24	9.1%	14.2%
25 to 34	19.4%	11.2%
35 to 44	5.6%	12.7%
45 to 54	15.8%	13.0%
55 to 64	16.7%	13.6%
65 to 74	9.3%	9.2%
75 and over	6.0%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Tyro	Welcome
White (non-Hispanic)	95.2%	95.3%
Black or African American	2.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	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	2.1%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.2%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Tyro	Welcome
No high school diploma	9.3%	8.7%
High school graduate	43.3%	40.1%
Some college or associate's	30.4%	36.5%
Bachelor's degree	13.7%	12.5%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	2.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Tyro	Welcome
Drove alone	81.2%	88.9%
Carpooled	13.1%	5.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.9%	5.1%
Other means	1.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Tyro	Welcome
1-unit, detached	58.1%	65.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	11.4%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	40.7%	22.0%

Poverty & households

	Tyro	Welcome
Poverty rate	16.3%	8.9%
Average household size	2.59	2.77
Mean commute (minutes)	26	25
Median year structure built	1990	1976