Rural Hall vs Walkertown

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

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

Walkertown has the higher population (5,793 vs 3,421 in Rural Hall). Walkertown has the higher median household income ($80,761 vs $50,665 in Rural Hall). Walkertown has the higher median home value ($230,800 vs $183,800 in Rural Hall).

Population, income & housing

	Rural Hall	Walkertown
Population	3,421	5,793
Median age	42.6 yrs	39.1 yrs
Median household income	$50,665	$80,761
Median home value	$183,800	$230,800
Median gross rent	$995	$1,283
Housing units	1,732	2,572
Homeownership rate	68.0%	72.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.0%	29.4%
Unemployment rate	10.3%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rural Hall	Walkertown
Population	3,188 → 3,421 (+7.3%)	5,099 → 5,793 (+13.6%)
Median household income	$48,700 → $50,665 (+4.0%)	$41,952 → $80,761 (+92.5%)
Median home value	$124,300 → $183,800 (+47.9%)	$137,700 → $230,800 (+67.6%)
Median gross rent	$800 → $995 (+24.4%)	$756 → $1,283 (+69.7%)

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

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)

	Rural Hall	Walkertown
Under 5	3.6%	5.2%
5 to 17	17.7%	17.2%
18 to 24	6.1%	9.0%
25 to 34	11.4%	14.6%
35 to 44	15.3%	12.3%
45 to 54	15.4%	12.9%
55 to 64	11.9%	12.0%
65 to 74	8.1%	10.4%
75 and over	10.5%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rural Hall	Walkertown
White (non-Hispanic)	69.5%	74.1%
Black or African American	16.8%	15.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	5.0%	0.8%
Two or more races	0.6%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	7.8%	7.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rural Hall	Walkertown
No high school diploma	8.7%	6.7%
High school graduate	29.5%	30.1%
Some college or associate's	35.8%	33.8%
Bachelor's degree	18.6%	21.0%
Graduate or professional degree	7.4%	8.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rural Hall	Walkertown
Drove alone	76.0%	80.5%
Carpooled	7.1%	5.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.2%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.7%	12.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rural Hall	Walkertown
1-unit, detached	74.3%	79.8%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	2.9%	1.7%
5 to 19 units	10.5%	4.4%
20 or more units	6.4%	7.7%
Mobile home & other	3.0%	4.2%

Poverty & households

	Rural Hall	Walkertown
Poverty rate	15.6%	6.0%
Average household size	2.22	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	27	24
Median year structure built	1979	1993