Wallburg vs Welcome

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

Wallburg 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 3,104 in Wallburg). Wallburg has the higher median household income ($78,821 vs $65,342 in Welcome). Wallburg has the higher median home value ($292,500 vs $171,100 in Welcome).

Population, income & housing

	Wallburg	Welcome
Population	3,104	3,649
Median age	48.0 yrs	39.9 yrs
Median household income	$78,821	$65,342
Median home value	$292,500	$171,100
Median gross rent	$1,047	$863
Housing units	1,282	1,458
Homeownership rate	95.6%	72.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.1%	14.7%
Unemployment rate	6.7%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Wallburg	Welcome
Population	3,053 → 3,104 (+1.7%)	3,804 → 3,649 (-4.1%)
Median household income	$63,555 → $78,821 (+24.0%)	$50,441 → $65,342 (+29.5%)
Median home value	$170,500 → $292,500 (+71.6%)	$133,700 → $171,100 (+28.0%)
Median gross rent	$811 → $1,047 (+29.1%)	$641 → $863 (+34.6%)

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

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)

	Wallburg	Welcome
Under 5	11.3%	4.0%
5 to 17	5.7%	14.4%
18 to 24	3.9%	14.2%
25 to 34	12.5%	11.2%
35 to 44	11.3%	12.7%
45 to 54	12.4%	13.0%
55 to 64	18.0%	13.6%
65 to 74	16.8%	9.2%
75 and over	8.0%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Wallburg	Welcome
White (non-Hispanic)	80.3%	95.3%
Black or African American	3.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.1%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.5%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	13.1%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Wallburg	Welcome
No high school diploma	2.9%	8.7%
High school graduate	37.8%	40.1%
Some college or associate's	29.2%	36.5%
Bachelor's degree	25.4%	12.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	2.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Wallburg	Welcome
Drove alone	89.4%	88.9%
Carpooled	3.2%	5.9%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.1%	5.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Wallburg	Welcome
1-unit, detached	90.5%	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	9.5%	22.0%

Poverty & households

	Wallburg	Welcome
Poverty rate	6.4%	8.9%
Average household size	2.49	2.77
Mean commute (minutes)	21	25
Median year structure built	1987	1976