Enfield vs South Weldon

A side-by-side comparison of Enfield and South Weldon: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Enfield has the higher population (1,967 vs 688 in South Weldon). Enfield has the higher median household income ($22,852 vs $19,250 in South Weldon). Enfield has the higher median home value ($81,800 vs $68,300 in South Weldon).

Population, income & housing

	Enfield	South Weldon
Population	1,967	688
Median age	39.4 yrs	25.5 yrs
Median household income	$22,852	$19,250
Median home value	$81,800	$68,300
Median gross rent	$580	$484
Housing units	1,131	337
Homeownership rate	37.3%	31.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	2.4%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	18.0%	22.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Enfield	South Weldon
Population	2,524 → 1,967 (-22.1%)	840 → 688 (-18.1%)
Median household income	$20,567 → $22,852 (+11.1%)	$25,909 → $19,250 (-25.7%)
Median home value	$74,600 → $81,800 (+9.7%)	$59,100 → $68,300 (+15.6%)
Median gross rent	$724 → $580 (-19.9%)	$541 → $484 (-10.5%)

Enfield

Population

2,5241,967

Median household income

$20,567$22,852

Median home value

$74,600$81,800

Median gross rent

$724$580

South Weldon

Population

840688

Median household income

$25,909$19,250

Median home value

$59,100$68,300

Median gross rent

$541$484

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Enfield	South Weldon
Under 5	4.8%	7.1%
5 to 17	20.3%	31.0%
18 to 24	8.7%	10.8%
25 to 34	9.0%	10.8%
35 to 44	14.6%	18.6%
45 to 54	8.3%	5.1%
55 to 64	11.9%	10.0%
65 to 74	7.9%	5.2%
75 and over	14.4%	1.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Enfield	South Weldon
White (non-Hispanic)	10.3%	4.4%
Black or African American	88.4%	92.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.8%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Enfield	South Weldon
No high school diploma	27.2%	19.9%
High school graduate	44.5%	33.8%
Some college or associate's	25.9%	46.3%
Bachelor's degree	1.7%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.7%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Enfield	South Weldon
Drove alone	70.6%	86.5%
Carpooled	23.1%	13.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.8%	0.0%
Other means	5.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Enfield	South Weldon
1-unit, detached	74.0%	66.5%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.6%	17.2%
5 to 19 units	5.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.0%	16.3%

Poverty & households

	Enfield	South Weldon
Poverty rate	30.7%	68.8%
Average household size	2.38	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	35	—
Median year structure built	1962	1961