Wallace vs Warsaw

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

Wallace and Warsaw 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 2,728 in Warsaw). Wallace has the higher median household income ($49,358 vs $46,944 in Warsaw). Since 2019, Wallace's population has grown faster (-11.6% vs -12.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Wallace	Warsaw
Population	3,438	2,728
Median age	44.3 yrs	35.3 yrs
Median household income	$49,358	$46,944
Median home value	$192,800	—
Median gross rent	$833	$826
Housing units	1,859	1,471
Homeownership rate	50.4%	33.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.6%	6.8%
Unemployment rate	6.2%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Wallace	Warsaw
Population	3,891 → 3,438 (-11.6%)	3,119 → 2,728 (-12.5%)
Median household income	$35,321 → $49,358 (+39.7%)	$26,063 → $46,944 (+80.1%)
Median home value	$105,400 → $192,800 (+82.9%)	$89,500 → $90,000 (+0.6%)
Median gross rent	$564 → $833 (+47.7%)	$657 → $826 (+25.7%)

Wallace

Population

3,8913,438

Median household income

$35,321$49,358

Median home value

$105,400$192,800

Median gross rent

$564$833

Warsaw

Population

3,1192,728

Median household income

$26,063$46,944

Median home value

$89,500$90,000

Median gross rent

$657$826

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Wallace	Warsaw
Under 5	1.6%	9.2%
5 to 17	22.2%	14.5%
18 to 24	4.1%	11.4%
25 to 34	8.8%	14.0%
35 to 44	15.0%	17.3%
45 to 54	16.7%	8.7%
55 to 64	12.0%	7.8%
65 to 74	9.6%	9.9%
75 and over	10.1%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Wallace	Warsaw
White (non-Hispanic)	50.0%	12.0%
Black or African American	26.7%	61.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.8%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	15.5%	22.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Wallace	Warsaw
No high school diploma	22.0%	17.0%
High school graduate	35.4%	31.9%
Some college or associate's	27.9%	44.3%
Bachelor's degree	9.7%	4.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	1.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Wallace	Warsaw
Drove alone	91.5%	81.2%
Carpooled	7.4%	10.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.1%	1.0%
Other means	0.0%	7.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Wallace	Warsaw
1-unit, detached	65.1%	40.9%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	5.9%
2 to 4 units	25.8%	22.2%
5 to 19 units	2.8%	8.9%
20 or more units	0.9%	7.7%
Mobile home & other	4.8%	14.3%

Poverty & households

	Wallace	Warsaw
Poverty rate	20.3%	10.6%
Average household size	2.04	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	20	21
Median year structure built	1980	1986