Kenansville vs Wallace

A side-by-side comparison of Kenansville and Wallace: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Wallace has the higher population (3,438 vs 1,157 in Kenansville). Kenansville has the higher median household income ($62,917 vs $49,358 in Wallace). Wallace has the higher median home value ($192,800 vs $144,800 in Kenansville).

Population, income & housing

	Kenansville	Wallace
Population	1,157	3,438
Median age	43.0 yrs	44.3 yrs
Median household income	$62,917	$49,358
Median home value	$144,800	$192,800
Median gross rent	$386	$833
Housing units	450	1,859
Homeownership rate	65.3%	50.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.4%	14.6%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	6.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kenansville	Wallace
Population	943 → 1,157 (+22.7%)	3,891 → 3,438 (-11.6%)
Median household income	$26,683 → $62,917 (+135.8%)	$35,321 → $49,358 (+39.7%)
Median home value	$89,700 → $144,800 (+61.4%)	$105,400 → $192,800 (+82.9%)
Median gross rent	$428 → $386 (-9.8%)	$564 → $833 (+47.7%)

Kenansville

Population

9431,157

Median household income

$26,683$62,917

Median home value

$89,700$144,800

Median gross rent

$428$386

Wallace

Population

3,8913,438

Median household income

$35,321$49,358

Median home value

$105,400$192,800

Median gross rent

$564$833

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kenansville	Wallace
Under 5	2.1%	1.6%
5 to 17	29.2%	22.2%
18 to 24	5.0%	4.1%
25 to 34	7.0%	8.8%
35 to 44	12.4%	15.0%
45 to 54	9.1%	16.7%
55 to 64	13.4%	12.0%
65 to 74	9.4%	9.6%
75 and over	12.4%	10.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kenansville	Wallace
White (non-Hispanic)	69.3%	50.0%
Black or African American	16.7%	26.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	1.0%
Asian	7.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.0%	6.8%
Hispanic or Latino	2.2%	15.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kenansville	Wallace
No high school diploma	17.9%	22.0%
High school graduate	25.9%	35.4%
Some college or associate's	30.8%	27.9%
Bachelor's degree	13.6%	9.7%
Graduate or professional degree	11.8%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kenansville	Wallace
Drove alone	79.1%	91.5%
Carpooled	15.4%	7.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.4%	1.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kenansville	Wallace
1-unit, detached	65.8%	65.1%
1-unit, attached	3.1%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	10.2%	25.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.8%
20 or more units	13.3%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	7.6%	4.8%

Poverty & households

	Kenansville	Wallace
Poverty rate	22.7%	20.3%
Average household size	2.54	2.04
Mean commute (minutes)	20	20
Median year structure built	1979	1980