Clemmons vs Rural Hall

A side-by-side comparison of Clemmons and Rural Hall: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Clemmons has the higher population (21,574 vs 3,421 in Rural Hall). Clemmons has the higher median household income ($84,326 vs $50,665 in Rural Hall). Clemmons has the higher median home value ($306,900 vs $183,800 in Rural Hall).

Population, income & housing

	Clemmons	Rural Hall
Population	21,574	3,421
Median age	43.7 yrs	42.6 yrs
Median household income	$84,326	$50,665
Median home value	$306,900	$183,800
Median gross rent	$1,172	$995
Housing units	9,616	1,732
Homeownership rate	74.3%	68.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	49.1%	26.0%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	10.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clemmons	Rural Hall
Population	20,313 → 21,574 (+6.2%)	3,188 → 3,421 (+7.3%)
Median household income	$70,659 → $84,326 (+19.3%)	$48,700 → $50,665 (+4.0%)
Median home value	$226,600 → $306,900 (+35.4%)	$124,300 → $183,800 (+47.9%)
Median gross rent	$866 → $1,172 (+35.3%)	$800 → $995 (+24.4%)

Clemmons

Population

20,31321,574

Median household income

$70,659$84,326

Median home value

$226,600$306,900

Median gross rent

$866$1,172

Rural Hall

Population

3,1883,421

Median household income

$48,700$50,665

Median home value

$124,300$183,800

Median gross rent

$800$995

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clemmons	Rural Hall
Under 5	4.1%	3.6%
5 to 17	16.4%	17.7%
18 to 24	6.7%	6.1%
25 to 34	10.3%	11.4%
35 to 44	13.7%	15.3%
45 to 54	12.5%	15.4%
55 to 64	14.6%	11.9%
65 to 74	12.3%	8.1%
75 and over	9.3%	10.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clemmons	Rural Hall
White (non-Hispanic)	78.6%	69.5%
Black or African American	6.1%	16.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	5.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	0.3%	5.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	6.8%	7.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clemmons	Rural Hall
No high school diploma	5.9%	8.7%
High school graduate	15.7%	29.5%
Some college or associate's	29.3%	35.8%
Bachelor's degree	31.3%	18.6%
Graduate or professional degree	17.8%	7.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clemmons	Rural Hall
Drove alone	76.7%	76.0%
Carpooled	4.8%	7.1%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	0.2%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.3%	14.7%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clemmons	Rural Hall
1-unit, detached	72.1%	74.3%
1-unit, attached	5.2%	2.9%
2 to 4 units	4.0%	2.9%
5 to 19 units	14.3%	10.5%
20 or more units	3.3%	6.4%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	3.0%

Poverty & households

	Clemmons	Rural Hall
Poverty rate	7.9%	15.6%
Average household size	2.38	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	23	27
Median year structure built	1993	1979