Reidsville vs Wentworth

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

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

Reidsville has the higher population (14,547 vs 2,670 in Wentworth). Wentworth has the higher median household income ($67,455 vs $42,702 in Reidsville). Wentworth has the higher median home value ($165,700 vs $139,000 in Reidsville).

Population, income & housing

	Reidsville	Wentworth
Population	14,547	2,670
Median age	41.4 yrs	39.0 yrs
Median household income	$42,702	$67,455
Median home value	$139,000	$165,700
Median gross rent	$773	$875
Housing units	6,937	1,060
Homeownership rate	54.3%	89.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.9%	16.6%
Unemployment rate	9.5%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Reidsville	Wentworth
Population	13,915 → 14,547 (+4.5%)	2,730 → 2,670 (-2.2%)
Median household income	$32,339 → $42,702 (+32.0%)	$58,938 → $67,455 (+14.5%)
Median home value	$103,500 → $139,000 (+34.3%)	$139,300 → $165,700 (+19.0%)
Median gross rent	$697 → $773 (+10.9%)	$830 → $875 (+5.4%)

Reidsville

Population

13,91514,547

Median household income

$32,339$42,702

Median home value

$103,500$139,000

Median gross rent

$697$773

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)

	Reidsville	Wentworth
Under 5	6.5%	1.5%
5 to 17	19.3%	22.2%
18 to 24	5.4%	9.4%
25 to 34	12.7%	13.3%
35 to 44	11.5%	10.1%
45 to 54	10.4%	14.2%
55 to 64	12.1%	11.3%
65 to 74	11.4%	12.2%
75 and over	10.8%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Reidsville	Wentworth
White (non-Hispanic)	53.1%	71.5%
Black or African American	30.5%	18.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.5%	0.1%
Some other race	0.6%	0.2%
Two or more races	8.9%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	6.0%	8.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Reidsville	Wentworth
No high school diploma	17.1%	14.1%
High school graduate	32.4%	34.0%
Some college or associate's	28.7%	35.4%
Bachelor's degree	15.3%	6.6%
Graduate or professional degree	6.6%	10.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Reidsville	Wentworth
Drove alone	74.8%	85.5%
Carpooled	10.1%	10.5%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	7.5%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.1%	1.7%
Other means	3.2%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Reidsville	Wentworth
1-unit, detached	67.1%	71.8%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.6%	8.5%
5 to 19 units	13.7%	1.0%
20 or more units	8.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.5%	18.7%

Poverty & households

	Reidsville	Wentworth
Poverty rate	24.9%	20.1%
Average household size	2.25	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	23	25
Median year structure built	1968	1987