Indian Trail vs Waxhaw

A side-by-side comparison of Indian Trail and Waxhaw: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Indian Trail has the higher population (41,146 vs 21,565 in Waxhaw). Waxhaw has the higher median household income ($128,115 vs $99,073 in Indian Trail). Waxhaw has the higher median home value ($506,300 vs $343,500 in Indian Trail).

Population, income & housing

	Indian Trail	Waxhaw
Population	41,146	21,565
Median age	35.5 yrs	36.9 yrs
Median household income	$99,073	$128,115
Median home value	$343,500	$506,300
Median gross rent	$1,916	$1,770
Housing units	14,262	6,846
Homeownership rate	80.3%	82.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.1%	54.9%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Indian Trail	Waxhaw
Population	38,822 → 41,146 (+6.0%)	15,237 → 21,565 (+41.5%)
Median household income	$83,905 → $99,073 (+18.1%)	$111,642 → $128,115 (+14.8%)
Median home value	$216,100 → $343,500 (+59.0%)	$329,400 → $506,300 (+53.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,411 → $1,916 (+35.8%)	$1,446 → $1,770 (+22.4%)

Indian Trail

Population

38,82241,146

Median household income

$83,905$99,073

Median home value

$216,100$343,500

Median gross rent

$1,411$1,916

Waxhaw

Population

15,23721,565

Median household income

$111,642$128,115

Median home value

$329,400$506,300

Median gross rent

$1,446$1,770

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Indian Trail	Waxhaw
Under 5	6.9%	5.5%
5 to 17	20.1%	28.6%
18 to 24	10.0%	6.0%
25 to 34	12.4%	8.6%
35 to 44	15.2%	15.4%
45 to 54	14.7%	19.0%
55 to 64	11.3%	7.9%
65 to 74	6.3%	5.9%
75 and over	3.0%	3.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Indian Trail	Waxhaw
White (non-Hispanic)	67.1%	68.2%
Black or African American	10.3%	7.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	3.4%	7.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.5%
Two or more races	3.9%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	14.5%	11.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Indian Trail	Waxhaw
No high school diploma	7.0%	3.8%
High school graduate	23.5%	17.2%
Some college or associate's	28.5%	24.0%
Bachelor's degree	27.6%	35.1%
Graduate or professional degree	13.5%	19.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Indian Trail	Waxhaw
Drove alone	73.2%	61.6%
Carpooled	6.6%	9.2%
Public transit	0.1%	0.1%
Walked	0.2%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	18.4%	27.9%
Other means	1.5%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Indian Trail	Waxhaw
1-unit, detached	89.4%	88.5%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	5.9%
2 to 4 units	0.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.6%	2.1%
20 or more units	2.1%	2.3%
Mobile home & other	3.2%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Indian Trail	Waxhaw
Poverty rate	6.7%	4.3%
Average household size	3.05	3.27
Mean commute (minutes)	28	31
Median year structure built	2004	2009