Kernersville vs Tobaccoville

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

Kernersville and Tobaccoville 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 2,632 in Tobaccoville). Tobaccoville has the higher median household income ($78,591 vs $69,923 in Kernersville). Kernersville has the higher median home value ($264,000 vs $227,200 in Tobaccoville).

Population, income & housing

	Kernersville	Tobaccoville
Population	27,439	2,632
Median age	38.7 yrs	40.3 yrs
Median household income	$69,923	$78,591
Median home value	$264,000	$227,200
Median gross rent	$1,052	$917
Housing units	12,647	1,149
Homeownership rate	56.1%	80.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.2%	24.2%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kernersville	Tobaccoville
Population	24,576 → 27,439 (+11.6%)	2,634 → 2,632 (-0.1%)
Median household income	$51,645 → $69,923 (+35.4%)	$67,500 → $78,591 (+16.4%)
Median home value	$181,300 → $264,000 (+45.6%)	$152,700 → $227,200 (+48.8%)
Median gross rent	$795 → $1,052 (+32.3%)	$639 → $917 (+43.5%)

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

Tobaccoville

Population

2,6342,632

Median household income

$67,500$78,591

Median home value

$152,700$227,200

Median gross rent

$639$917

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kernersville	Tobaccoville
Under 5	5.5%	9.9%
5 to 17	16.4%	17.1%
18 to 24	9.3%	6.6%
25 to 34	14.3%	11.6%
35 to 44	12.4%	10.3%
45 to 54	12.5%	11.2%
55 to 64	12.4%	14.6%
65 to 74	10.6%	13.8%
75 and over	6.7%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kernersville	Tobaccoville
White (non-Hispanic)	67.0%	71.1%
Black or African American	17.1%	19.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.3%
Asian	2.1%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	2.2%
Two or more races	2.2%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	11.1%	3.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kernersville	Tobaccoville
No high school diploma	8.4%	6.5%
High school graduate	24.7%	36.1%
Some college or associate's	30.7%	33.2%
Bachelor's degree	22.8%	16.9%
Graduate or professional degree	13.5%	7.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kernersville	Tobaccoville
Drove alone	80.8%	70.5%
Carpooled	7.1%	5.3%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.6%	22.6%
Other means	0.6%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kernersville	Tobaccoville
1-unit, detached	51.2%	86.2%
1-unit, attached	6.2%	3.3%
2 to 4 units	6.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	21.0%	0.9%
20 or more units	10.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.4%	9.7%

Poverty & households

	Kernersville	Tobaccoville
Poverty rate	11.5%	10.0%
Average household size	2.26	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	23	21
Median year structure built	1993	1980