Kernersville vs Walkertown

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

Kernersville and Walkertown 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 5,793 in Walkertown). Walkertown has the higher median household income ($80,761 vs $69,923 in Kernersville). Kernersville has the higher median home value ($264,000 vs $230,800 in Walkertown).

Population, income & housing

	Kernersville	Walkertown
Population	27,439	5,793
Median age	38.7 yrs	39.1 yrs
Median household income	$69,923	$80,761
Median home value	$264,000	$230,800
Median gross rent	$1,052	$1,283
Housing units	12,647	2,572
Homeownership rate	56.1%	72.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.2%	29.4%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kernersville	Walkertown
Population	24,576 → 27,439 (+11.6%)	5,099 → 5,793 (+13.6%)
Median household income	$51,645 → $69,923 (+35.4%)	$41,952 → $80,761 (+92.5%)
Median home value	$181,300 → $264,000 (+45.6%)	$137,700 → $230,800 (+67.6%)
Median gross rent	$795 → $1,052 (+32.3%)	$756 → $1,283 (+69.7%)

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

Walkertown

Population

5,0995,793

Median household income

$41,952$80,761

Median home value

$137,700$230,800

Median gross rent

$756$1,283

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kernersville	Walkertown
Under 5	5.5%	5.2%
5 to 17	16.4%	17.2%
18 to 24	9.3%	9.0%
25 to 34	14.3%	14.6%
35 to 44	12.4%	12.3%
45 to 54	12.5%	12.9%
55 to 64	12.4%	12.0%
65 to 74	10.6%	10.4%
75 and over	6.7%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kernersville	Walkertown
White (non-Hispanic)	67.0%	74.1%
Black or African American	17.1%	15.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	2.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.8%
Two or more races	2.2%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	11.1%	7.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kernersville	Walkertown
No high school diploma	8.4%	6.7%
High school graduate	24.7%	30.1%
Some college or associate's	30.7%	33.8%
Bachelor's degree	22.8%	21.0%
Graduate or professional degree	13.5%	8.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kernersville	Walkertown
Drove alone	80.8%	80.5%
Carpooled	7.1%	5.8%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.6%	12.5%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kernersville	Walkertown
1-unit, detached	51.2%	79.8%
1-unit, attached	6.2%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	6.9%	1.7%
5 to 19 units	21.0%	4.4%
20 or more units	10.2%	7.7%
Mobile home & other	4.4%	4.2%

Poverty & households

	Kernersville	Walkertown
Poverty rate	11.5%	6.0%
Average household size	2.26	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	23	24
Median year structure built	1993	1993