Kernersville vs Lewisville

A side-by-side comparison of Kernersville and Lewisville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Kernersville has the higher population (27,439 vs 13,655 in Lewisville). Lewisville has the higher median household income ($84,424 vs $69,923 in Kernersville). Lewisville has the higher median home value ($284,300 vs $264,000 in Kernersville).

Population, income & housing

	Kernersville	Lewisville
Population	27,439	13,655
Median age	38.7 yrs	41.8 yrs
Median household income	$69,923	$84,424
Median home value	$264,000	$284,300
Median gross rent	$1,052	$1,059
Housing units	12,647	5,349
Homeownership rate	56.1%	84.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.2%	45.0%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kernersville	Lewisville
Population	24,576 → 27,439 (+11.6%)	13,861 → 13,655 (-1.5%)
Median household income	$51,645 → $69,923 (+35.4%)	$78,464 → $84,424 (+7.6%)
Median home value	$181,300 → $264,000 (+45.6%)	$195,400 → $284,300 (+45.5%)
Median gross rent	$795 → $1,052 (+32.3%)	$863 → $1,059 (+22.7%)

Kernersville

Population

24,57627,439

Median household income

$51,645$69,923

Median home value

$181,300$264,000

Median gross rent

$795$1,052

Lewisville

Population

13,86113,655

Median household income

$78,464$84,424

Median home value

$195,400$284,300

Median gross rent

$863$1,059

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kernersville	Lewisville
Under 5	5.5%	6.0%
5 to 17	16.4%	20.8%
18 to 24	9.3%	5.4%
25 to 34	14.3%	8.4%
35 to 44	12.4%	14.7%
45 to 54	12.5%	12.3%
55 to 64	12.4%	13.0%
65 to 74	10.6%	12.8%
75 and over	6.7%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kernersville	Lewisville
White (non-Hispanic)	67.0%	79.0%
Black or African American	17.1%	11.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.3%
Asian	2.1%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.5%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	11.1%	5.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kernersville	Lewisville
No high school diploma	8.4%	4.6%
High school graduate	24.7%	20.6%
Some college or associate's	30.7%	29.8%
Bachelor's degree	22.8%	33.4%
Graduate or professional degree	13.5%	11.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kernersville	Lewisville
Drove alone	80.8%	78.6%
Carpooled	7.1%	4.2%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.6%	16.1%
Other means	0.6%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kernersville	Lewisville
1-unit, detached	51.2%	91.2%
1-unit, attached	6.2%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	6.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	21.0%	4.4%
20 or more units	10.2%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	4.4%	1.5%

Poverty & households

	Kernersville	Lewisville
Poverty rate	11.5%	10.3%
Average household size	2.26	2.65
Mean commute (minutes)	23	25
Median year structure built	1993	1987