Mayodan vs Wentworth

A side-by-side comparison of Mayodan and Wentworth: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Wentworth has the higher population (2,670 vs 2,446 in Mayodan). Wentworth has the higher median household income ($67,455 vs $42,336 in Mayodan). Wentworth has the higher median home value ($165,700 vs $116,100 in Mayodan).

Population, income & housing

	Mayodan	Wentworth
Population	2,446	2,670
Median age	54.7 yrs	39.0 yrs
Median household income	$42,336	$67,455
Median home value	$116,100	$165,700
Median gross rent	$781	$875
Housing units	1,336	1,060
Homeownership rate	61.2%	89.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.0%	16.6%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mayodan	Wentworth
Population	2,508 → 2,446 (-2.5%)	2,730 → 2,670 (-2.2%)
Median household income	$27,614 → $42,336 (+53.3%)	$58,938 → $67,455 (+14.5%)
Median home value	$91,100 → $116,100 (+27.4%)	$139,300 → $165,700 (+19.0%)
Median gross rent	$557 → $781 (+40.2%)	$830 → $875 (+5.4%)

Mayodan

Population

2,5082,446

Median household income

$27,614$42,336

Median home value

$91,100$116,100

Median gross rent

$557$781

Wentworth

Population

2,7302,670

Median household income

$58,938$67,455

Median home value

$139,300$165,700

Median gross rent

$830$875

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mayodan	Wentworth
Under 5	2.0%	1.5%
5 to 17	12.5%	22.2%
18 to 24	2.8%	9.4%
25 to 34	14.1%	13.3%
35 to 44	5.3%	10.1%
45 to 54	13.9%	14.2%
55 to 64	25.0%	11.3%
65 to 74	10.3%	12.2%
75 and over	14.0%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mayodan	Wentworth
White (non-Hispanic)	88.1%	71.5%
Black or African American	2.9%	18.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.4%	0.2%
Two or more races	5.0%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	8.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mayodan	Wentworth
No high school diploma	15.6%	14.1%
High school graduate	32.5%	34.0%
Some college or associate's	38.8%	35.4%
Bachelor's degree	9.2%	6.6%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	10.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mayodan	Wentworth
Drove alone	82.2%	85.5%
Carpooled	9.8%	10.5%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	2.3%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.5%	1.7%
Other means	4.2%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mayodan	Wentworth
1-unit, detached	81.9%	71.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	8.5%
5 to 19 units	13.5%	1.0%
20 or more units	1.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.0%	18.7%

Poverty & households

	Mayodan	Wentworth
Poverty rate	14.5%	20.1%
Average household size	1.94	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	31	25
Median year structure built	1959	1987