Enfield vs Weldon

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

Enfield and 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 1,522 in Weldon). Weldon has the higher median household income ($38,725 vs $22,852 in Enfield). Weldon has the higher median home value ($96,000 vs $81,800 in Enfield).

Population, income & housing

	Enfield	Weldon
Population	1,967	1,522
Median age	39.4 yrs	38.8 yrs
Median household income	$22,852	$38,725
Median home value	$81,800	$96,000
Median gross rent	$580	$791
Housing units	1,131	655
Homeownership rate	37.3%	51.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	2.4%	18.2%
Unemployment rate	18.0%	9.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Enfield	Weldon
Population	2,524 → 1,967 (-22.1%)	1,715 → 1,522 (-11.3%)
Median household income	$20,567 → $22,852 (+11.1%)	$33,173 → $38,725 (+16.7%)
Median home value	$74,600 → $81,800 (+9.7%)	$103,000 → $96,000 (-6.8%)
Median gross rent	$724 → $580 (-19.9%)	$649 → $791 (+21.9%)

Enfield

Population

2,5241,967

Median household income

$20,567$22,852

Median home value

$74,600$81,800

Median gross rent

$724$580

Weldon

Population

1,7151,522

Median household income

$33,173$38,725

Median home value

$103,000$96,000

Median gross rent

$649$791

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Enfield	Weldon
Under 5	4.8%	7.3%
5 to 17	20.3%	18.2%
18 to 24	8.7%	14.2%
25 to 34	9.0%	7.8%
35 to 44	14.6%	7.1%
45 to 54	8.3%	9.7%
55 to 64	11.9%	17.4%
65 to 74	7.9%	10.1%
75 and over	14.4%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Enfield	Weldon
White (non-Hispanic)	10.3%	17.7%
Black or African American	88.4%	79.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.3%
Two or more races	0.8%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Enfield	Weldon
No high school diploma	27.2%	14.1%
High school graduate	44.5%	31.9%
Some college or associate's	25.9%	35.8%
Bachelor's degree	1.7%	11.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.7%	6.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Enfield	Weldon
Drove alone	70.6%	75.3%
Carpooled	23.1%	12.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.8%	0.0%
Other means	5.5%	11.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Enfield	Weldon
1-unit, detached	74.0%	82.6%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	8.6%	2.6%
5 to 19 units	5.1%	9.0%
20 or more units	5.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.0%	4.1%

Poverty & households

	Enfield	Weldon
Poverty rate	30.7%	24.8%
Average household size	2.38	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	35	21
Median year structure built	1962	1954