Rural Hall vs Winston-Salem

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

Rural Hall 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 3,421 in Rural Hall). Winston-Salem has the higher median household income ($57,673 vs $50,665 in Rural Hall). Winston-Salem has the higher median home value ($208,200 vs $183,800 in Rural Hall).

Population, income & housing

	Rural Hall	Winston-Salem
Population	3,421	250,887
Median age	42.6 yrs	35.6 yrs
Median household income	$50,665	$57,673
Median home value	$183,800	$208,200
Median gross rent	$995	$1,033
Housing units	1,732	113,441
Homeownership rate	68.0%	54.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.0%	37.2%
Unemployment rate	10.3%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rural Hall	Winston-Salem
Population	3,188 → 3,421 (+7.3%)	244,115 → 250,887 (+2.8%)
Median household income	$48,700 → $50,665 (+4.0%)	$45,750 → $57,673 (+26.1%)
Median home value	$124,300 → $183,800 (+47.9%)	$147,900 → $208,200 (+40.8%)
Median gross rent	$800 → $995 (+24.4%)	$806 → $1,033 (+28.2%)

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

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)

	Rural Hall	Winston-Salem
Under 5	3.6%	5.9%
5 to 17	17.7%	17.8%
18 to 24	6.1%	11.6%
25 to 34	11.4%	14.0%
35 to 44	15.3%	12.1%
45 to 54	15.4%	11.9%
55 to 64	11.9%	12.0%
65 to 74	8.1%	8.5%
75 and over	10.5%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rural Hall	Winston-Salem
White (non-Hispanic)	69.5%	44.0%
Black or African American	16.8%	31.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	5.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	0.6%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	7.8%	17.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rural Hall	Winston-Salem
No high school diploma	8.7%	11.6%
High school graduate	29.5%	23.7%
Some college or associate's	35.8%	27.5%
Bachelor's degree	18.6%	21.6%
Graduate or professional degree	7.4%	15.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rural Hall	Winston-Salem
Drove alone	76.0%	73.2%
Carpooled	7.1%	9.5%
Public transit	0.0%	1.2%
Walked	2.2%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	14.7%	12.3%
Other means	0.0%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rural Hall	Winston-Salem
1-unit, detached	74.3%	61.3%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	4.6%
2 to 4 units	2.9%	5.9%
5 to 19 units	10.5%	17.9%
20 or more units	6.4%	8.4%
Mobile home & other	3.0%	1.9%

Poverty & households

	Rural Hall	Winston-Salem
Poverty rate	15.6%	17.9%
Average household size	2.22	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	27	22
Median year structure built	1979	1980