Lewisville vs Winston-Salem

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

Lewisville 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 13,655 in Lewisville). Lewisville has the higher median household income ($84,424 vs $57,673 in Winston-Salem). Lewisville has the higher median home value ($284,300 vs $208,200 in Winston-Salem).

Population, income & housing

	Lewisville	Winston-Salem
Population	13,655	250,887
Median age	41.8 yrs	35.6 yrs
Median household income	$84,424	$57,673
Median home value	$284,300	$208,200
Median gross rent	$1,059	$1,033
Housing units	5,349	113,441
Homeownership rate	84.6%	54.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.0%	37.2%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lewisville	Winston-Salem
Population	13,861 → 13,655 (-1.5%)	244,115 → 250,887 (+2.8%)
Median household income	$78,464 → $84,424 (+7.6%)	$45,750 → $57,673 (+26.1%)
Median home value	$195,400 → $284,300 (+45.5%)	$147,900 → $208,200 (+40.8%)
Median gross rent	$863 → $1,059 (+22.7%)	$806 → $1,033 (+28.2%)

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

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)

	Lewisville	Winston-Salem
Under 5	6.0%	5.9%
5 to 17	20.8%	17.8%
18 to 24	5.4%	11.6%
25 to 34	8.4%	14.0%
35 to 44	14.7%	12.1%
45 to 54	12.3%	11.9%
55 to 64	13.0%	12.0%
65 to 74	12.8%	8.5%
75 and over	6.5%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lewisville	Winston-Salem
White (non-Hispanic)	79.0%	44.0%
Black or African American	11.4%	31.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.2%
Asian	0.4%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.5%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	3.3%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	5.2%	17.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lewisville	Winston-Salem
No high school diploma	4.6%	11.6%
High school graduate	20.6%	23.7%
Some college or associate's	29.8%	27.5%
Bachelor's degree	33.4%	21.6%
Graduate or professional degree	11.6%	15.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lewisville	Winston-Salem
Drove alone	78.6%	73.2%
Carpooled	4.2%	9.5%
Public transit	0.0%	1.2%
Walked	0.7%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	16.1%	12.3%
Other means	0.4%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lewisville	Winston-Salem
1-unit, detached	91.2%	61.3%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	4.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.9%
5 to 19 units	4.4%	17.9%
20 or more units	0.4%	8.4%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	1.9%

Poverty & households

	Lewisville	Winston-Salem
Poverty rate	10.3%	17.9%
Average household size	2.65	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	25	22
Median year structure built	1987	1980