Pine Level vs Wilson's Mills

A side-by-side comparison of Pine Level and Wilson's Mills: population, income, housing, and more.

Pine Level and Wilson's Mills are places in North Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Wilson's Mills has the higher population (2,652 vs 2,072 in Pine Level). Pine Level has the higher median household income ($72,663 vs $61,677 in Wilson's Mills). Wilson's Mills has the higher median home value ($228,700 vs $228,000 in Pine Level).

Population, income & housing

	Pine Level	Wilson's Mills
Population	2,072	2,652
Median age	35.3 yrs	28.1 yrs
Median household income	$72,663	$61,677
Median home value	$228,000	$228,700
Median gross rent	$888	$874
Housing units	843	807
Homeownership rate	78.0%	84.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.6%	17.2%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	11.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pine Level	Wilson's Mills
Population	2,044 → 2,072 (+1.4%)	2,613 → 2,652 (+1.5%)
Median household income	$50,625 → $72,663 (+43.5%)	$55,114 → $61,677 (+11.9%)
Median home value	$128,800 → $228,000 (+77.0%)	$129,400 → $228,700 (+76.7%)
Median gross rent	$734 → $888 (+21.0%)	$1,008 → $874 (-13.3%)

Pine Level

Population

2,0442,072

Median household income

$50,625$72,663

Median home value

$128,800$228,000

Median gross rent

$734$888

Wilson's Mills

Population

2,6132,652

Median household income

$55,114$61,677

Median home value

$129,400$228,700

Median gross rent

$1,008$874

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pine Level	Wilson's Mills
Under 5	7.5%	12.6%
5 to 17	18.1%	24.8%
18 to 24	5.0%	10.1%
25 to 34	18.7%	18.3%
35 to 44	10.3%	12.6%
45 to 54	9.3%	9.7%
55 to 64	16.6%	6.9%
65 to 74	9.9%	3.6%
75 and over	4.7%	1.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pine Level	Wilson's Mills
White (non-Hispanic)	67.2%	40.2%
Black or African American	6.9%	17.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	9.4%	5.6%
Hispanic or Latino	16.6%	35.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pine Level	Wilson's Mills
No high school diploma	8.8%	7.7%
High school graduate	32.3%	41.7%
Some college or associate's	35.4%	33.5%
Bachelor's degree	17.4%	13.5%
Graduate or professional degree	6.2%	3.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pine Level	Wilson's Mills
Drove alone	84.4%	84.6%
Carpooled	1.3%	8.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.0%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	6.1%	6.4%
Other means	6.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pine Level	Wilson's Mills
1-unit, detached	74.6%	76.3%
1-unit, attached	4.7%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	9.3%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.4%	20.8%

Poverty & households

	Pine Level	Wilson's Mills
Poverty rate	7.4%	33.6%
Average household size	2.93	3.52
Mean commute (minutes)	21	29
Median year structure built	1986	1997