Kernersville vs Rural Hall

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

Kernersville 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.

Kernersville has the higher population (27,439 vs 3,421 in Rural Hall). Kernersville has the higher median household income ($69,923 vs $50,665 in Rural Hall). Kernersville has the higher median home value ($264,000 vs $183,800 in Rural Hall).

Population, income & housing

	Kernersville	Rural Hall
Population	27,439	3,421
Median age	38.7 yrs	42.6 yrs
Median household income	$69,923	$50,665
Median home value	$264,000	$183,800
Median gross rent	$1,052	$995
Housing units	12,647	1,732
Homeownership rate	56.1%	68.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.2%	26.0%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	10.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kernersville	Rural Hall
Population	24,576 → 27,439 (+11.6%)	3,188 → 3,421 (+7.3%)
Median household income	$51,645 → $69,923 (+35.4%)	$48,700 → $50,665 (+4.0%)
Median home value	$181,300 → $264,000 (+45.6%)	$124,300 → $183,800 (+47.9%)
Median gross rent	$795 → $1,052 (+32.3%)	$800 → $995 (+24.4%)

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

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)

	Kernersville	Rural Hall
Under 5	5.5%	3.6%
5 to 17	16.4%	17.7%
18 to 24	9.3%	6.1%
25 to 34	14.3%	11.4%
35 to 44	12.4%	15.3%
45 to 54	12.5%	15.4%
55 to 64	12.4%	11.9%
65 to 74	10.6%	8.1%
75 and over	6.7%	10.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kernersville	Rural Hall
White (non-Hispanic)	67.0%	69.5%
Black or African American	17.1%	16.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	2.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	0.3%	5.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	11.1%	7.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kernersville	Rural Hall
No high school diploma	8.4%	8.7%
High school graduate	24.7%	29.5%
Some college or associate's	30.7%	35.8%
Bachelor's degree	22.8%	18.6%
Graduate or professional degree	13.5%	7.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kernersville	Rural Hall
Drove alone	80.8%	76.0%
Carpooled	7.1%	7.1%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.6%	14.7%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kernersville	Rural Hall
1-unit, detached	51.2%	74.3%
1-unit, attached	6.2%	2.9%
2 to 4 units	6.9%	2.9%
5 to 19 units	21.0%	10.5%
20 or more units	10.2%	6.4%
Mobile home & other	4.4%	3.0%

Poverty & households

	Kernersville	Rural Hall
Poverty rate	11.5%	15.6%
Average household size	2.26	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	23	27
Median year structure built	1993	1979