Snow Hill vs Walstonburg

A side-by-side comparison of Snow Hill and Walstonburg: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Snow Hill has the higher population (2,102 vs 288 in Walstonburg). Snow Hill has the higher median household income ($41,125 vs $37,125 in Walstonburg). Snow Hill has the higher median home value ($121,300 vs $91,400 in Walstonburg).

Population, income & housing

	Snow Hill	Walstonburg
Population	2,102	288
Median age	37.5 yrs	40.0 yrs
Median household income	$41,125	$37,125
Median home value	$121,300	$91,400
Median gross rent	$826	$925
Housing units	739	119
Homeownership rate	51.6%	82.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.6%	24.8%
Unemployment rate	7.2%	8.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Snow Hill	Walstonburg
Population	1,699 → 2,102 (+23.7%)	222 → 288 (+29.7%)
Median household income	$25,278 → $41,125 (+62.7%)	$54,583 → $37,125 (-32.0%)
Median home value	$97,500 → $121,300 (+24.4%)	$85,900 → $91,400 (+6.4%)
Median gross rent	$605 → $826 (+36.5%)	$942 → $925 (-1.8%)

Snow Hill

Population

1,6992,102

Median household income

$25,278$41,125

Median home value

$97,500$121,300

Median gross rent

$605$826

Walstonburg

Population

222288

Median household income

$54,583$37,125

Median home value

$85,900$91,400

Median gross rent

$942$925

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Snow Hill	Walstonburg
Under 5	5.3%	6.9%
5 to 17	22.9%	6.3%
18 to 24	8.8%	15.3%
25 to 34	8.8%	17.0%
35 to 44	15.9%	8.0%
45 to 54	9.3%	23.3%
55 to 64	11.6%	9.4%
65 to 74	11.1%	8.7%
75 and over	6.3%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Snow Hill	Walstonburg
White (non-Hispanic)	30.7%	61.5%
Black or African American	47.0%	29.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	1.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	10.4%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	10.8%	5.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Snow Hill	Walstonburg
No high school diploma	18.8%	6.8%
High school graduate	35.9%	20.4%
Some college or associate's	29.7%	48.1%
Bachelor's degree	9.4%	18.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.2%	6.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Snow Hill	Walstonburg
Drove alone	69.2%	96.5%
Carpooled	11.5%	2.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.2%	0.7%
Other means	1.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Snow Hill	Walstonburg
1-unit, detached	75.1%	88.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	7.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	6.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.9%	11.8%

Poverty & households

	Snow Hill	Walstonburg
Poverty rate	35.2%	12.8%
Average household size	2.96	2.97
Mean commute (minutes)	24	41
Median year structure built	1973	1951