Clemmons vs Winston-Salem

A side-by-side comparison of Clemmons and Winston-Salem: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Winston-Salem has the higher population (250,887 vs 21,574 in Clemmons). Clemmons has the higher median household income ($84,326 vs $57,673 in Winston-Salem). Clemmons has the higher median home value ($306,900 vs $208,200 in Winston-Salem).

Population, income & housing

	Clemmons	Winston-Salem
Population	21,574	250,887
Median age	43.7 yrs	35.6 yrs
Median household income	$84,326	$57,673
Median home value	$306,900	$208,200
Median gross rent	$1,172	$1,033
Housing units	9,616	113,441
Homeownership rate	74.3%	54.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	49.1%	37.2%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clemmons	Winston-Salem
Population	20,313 → 21,574 (+6.2%)	244,115 → 250,887 (+2.8%)
Median household income	$70,659 → $84,326 (+19.3%)	$45,750 → $57,673 (+26.1%)
Median home value	$226,600 → $306,900 (+35.4%)	$147,900 → $208,200 (+40.8%)
Median gross rent	$866 → $1,172 (+35.3%)	$806 → $1,033 (+28.2%)

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

Winston-Salem

Population

244,115250,887

Median household income

$45,750$57,673

Median home value

$147,900$208,200

Median gross rent

$806$1,033

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clemmons	Winston-Salem
Under 5	4.1%	5.9%
5 to 17	16.4%	17.8%
18 to 24	6.7%	11.6%
25 to 34	10.3%	14.0%
35 to 44	13.7%	12.1%
45 to 54	12.5%	11.9%
55 to 64	14.6%	12.0%
65 to 74	12.3%	8.5%
75 and over	9.3%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clemmons	Winston-Salem
White (non-Hispanic)	78.6%	44.0%
Black or African American	6.1%	31.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	5.4%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.6%
Two or more races	2.8%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	6.8%	17.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clemmons	Winston-Salem
No high school diploma	5.9%	11.6%
High school graduate	15.7%	23.7%
Some college or associate's	29.3%	27.5%
Bachelor's degree	31.3%	21.6%
Graduate or professional degree	17.8%	15.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clemmons	Winston-Salem
Drove alone	76.7%	73.2%
Carpooled	4.8%	9.5%
Public transit	0.5%	1.2%
Walked	0.2%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	17.3%	12.3%
Other means	0.5%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clemmons	Winston-Salem
1-unit, detached	72.1%	61.3%
1-unit, attached	5.2%	4.6%
2 to 4 units	4.0%	5.9%
5 to 19 units	14.3%	17.9%
20 or more units	3.3%	8.4%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	1.9%

Poverty & households

	Clemmons	Winston-Salem
Poverty rate	7.9%	17.9%
Average household size	2.38	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	23	22
Median year structure built	1993	1980