Welcome vs Yadkin College

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

Welcome and Yadkin College 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 354 in Yadkin College). Welcome has the higher median household income ($65,342 vs $60,568 in Yadkin College). Since 2019, Welcome's population has grown faster (-4.1% vs -49.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Welcome	Yadkin College
Population	3,649	354
Median age	39.9 yrs	31.8 yrs
Median household income	$65,342	$60,568
Median home value	$171,100	—
Median gross rent	$863	—
Housing units	1,458	226
Homeownership rate	72.9%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.7%	2.1%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Welcome	Yadkin College
Population	3,804 → 3,649 (-4.1%)	696 → 354 (-49.1%)
Median household income	$50,441 → $65,342 (+29.5%)	$67,344 → $60,568 (-10.1%)
Median home value	$133,700 → $171,100 (+28.0%)	$147,800 → $133,800 (-9.5%)
Median gross rent	$641 → $863 (+34.6%)	—

Welcome

Population

3,8043,649

Median household income

$50,441$65,342

Median home value

$133,700$171,100

Median gross rent

$641$863

Yadkin College

Population

696354

Median household income

$67,344$60,568

Median home value

$147,800$133,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Welcome	Yadkin College
Under 5	4.0%	16.4%
5 to 17	14.4%	2.5%
18 to 24	14.2%	0.8%
25 to 34	11.2%	34.2%
35 to 44	12.7%	3.1%
45 to 54	13.0%	0.0%
55 to 64	13.6%	37.6%
65 to 74	9.2%	5.4%
75 and over	7.7%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Welcome	Yadkin College
White (non-Hispanic)	95.3%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.9%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Welcome	Yadkin College
No high school diploma	8.7%	22.9%
High school graduate	40.1%	50.0%
Some college or associate's	36.5%	25.0%
Bachelor's degree	12.5%	2.1%
Graduate or professional degree	2.2%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Welcome	Yadkin College
Drove alone	88.9%	100.0%
Carpooled	5.9%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.1%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Welcome	Yadkin College
1-unit, detached	65.8%	87.2%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	22.0%	12.8%

Poverty & households

	Welcome	Yadkin College
Poverty rate	8.9%	15.8%
Average household size	2.77	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	25	36
Median year structure built	1976	1984