Pinnacle vs Walnut Cove

A side-by-side comparison of Pinnacle and Walnut Cove: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Walnut Cove has the higher population (2,046 vs 416 in Pinnacle). Walnut Cove has the higher median household income ($44,700 vs $30,109 in Pinnacle). Since 2019, Walnut Cove's population has grown faster (+8.1% vs -54.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Pinnacle	Walnut Cove
Population	416	2,046
Median age	54.4 yrs	40.2 yrs
Median household income	$30,109	$44,700
Median home value	—	$184,100
Median gross rent	$540	$642
Housing units	206	800
Homeownership rate	66.5%	52.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.1%	17.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pinnacle	Walnut Cove
Population	909 → 416 (-54.2%)	1,892 → 2,046 (+8.1%)
Median household income	$49,766 → $30,109 (-39.5%)	$35,100 → $44,700 (+27.4%)
Median home value	$135,400 → $84,900 (-37.3%)	$121,700 → $184,100 (+51.3%)
Median gross rent	$821 → $540 (-34.2%)	$640 → $642 (+0.3%)

Pinnacle

Population

909416

Median household income

$49,766$30,109

Median home value

$135,400$84,900

Median gross rent

$821$540

Walnut Cove

Population

1,8922,046

Median household income

$35,100$44,700

Median home value

$121,700$184,100

Median gross rent

$640$642

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pinnacle	Walnut Cove
Under 5	1.7%	5.0%
5 to 17	4.3%	18.1%
18 to 24	0.0%	18.3%
25 to 34	7.0%	3.5%
35 to 44	2.6%	9.6%
45 to 54	39.2%	14.3%
55 to 64	34.6%	12.9%
65 to 74	10.6%	8.4%
75 and over	0.0%	9.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pinnacle	Walnut Cove
White (non-Hispanic)	68.8%	60.1%
Black or African American	10.3%	27.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	13.0%	6.9%
Hispanic or Latino	7.9%	5.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pinnacle	Walnut Cove
No high school diploma	19.4%	6.7%
High school graduate	36.1%	36.7%
Some college or associate's	30.4%	39.3%
Bachelor's degree	14.1%	11.7%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pinnacle	Walnut Cove
Drove alone	100.0%	89.2%
Carpooled	0.0%	9.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	1.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pinnacle	Walnut Cove
1-unit, detached	31.6%	67.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	11.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	16.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	68.4%	2.4%

Poverty & households

	Pinnacle	Walnut Cove
Poverty rate	33.2%	13.8%
Average household size	1.87	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	28	26
Median year structure built	1994	1975