Tobaccoville vs Walkertown

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

Tobaccoville 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 2,632 in Tobaccoville). Walkertown has the higher median household income ($80,761 vs $78,591 in Tobaccoville). Walkertown has the higher median home value ($230,800 vs $227,200 in Tobaccoville).

Population, income & housing

	Tobaccoville	Walkertown
Population	2,632	5,793
Median age	40.3 yrs	39.1 yrs
Median household income	$78,591	$80,761
Median home value	$227,200	$230,800
Median gross rent	$917	$1,283
Housing units	1,149	2,572
Homeownership rate	80.8%	72.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.2%	29.4%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Tobaccoville	Walkertown
Population	2,634 → 2,632 (-0.1%)	5,099 → 5,793 (+13.6%)
Median household income	$67,500 → $78,591 (+16.4%)	$41,952 → $80,761 (+92.5%)
Median home value	$152,700 → $227,200 (+48.8%)	$137,700 → $230,800 (+67.6%)
Median gross rent	$639 → $917 (+43.5%)	$756 → $1,283 (+69.7%)

Tobaccoville

Population

2,6342,632

Median household income

$67,500$78,591

Median home value

$152,700$227,200

Median gross rent

$639$917

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)

	Tobaccoville	Walkertown
Under 5	9.9%	5.2%
5 to 17	17.1%	17.2%
18 to 24	6.6%	9.0%
25 to 34	11.6%	14.6%
35 to 44	10.3%	12.3%
45 to 54	11.2%	12.9%
55 to 64	14.6%	12.0%
65 to 74	13.8%	10.4%
75 and over	4.9%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Tobaccoville	Walkertown
White (non-Hispanic)	71.1%	74.1%
Black or African American	19.3%	15.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.2%	0.8%
Two or more races	3.3%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	3.6%	7.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Tobaccoville	Walkertown
No high school diploma	6.5%	6.7%
High school graduate	36.1%	30.1%
Some college or associate's	33.2%	33.8%
Bachelor's degree	16.9%	21.0%
Graduate or professional degree	7.3%	8.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Tobaccoville	Walkertown
Drove alone	70.5%	80.5%
Carpooled	5.3%	5.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	22.6%	12.5%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Tobaccoville	Walkertown
1-unit, detached	86.2%	79.8%
1-unit, attached	3.3%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.7%
5 to 19 units	0.9%	4.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	7.7%
Mobile home & other	9.7%	4.2%

Poverty & households

	Tobaccoville	Walkertown
Poverty rate	10.0%	6.0%
Average household size	2.69	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	21	24
Median year structure built	1980	1993