Marshville vs Wingate

A side-by-side comparison of Marshville and Wingate: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Wingate has the higher population (4,169 vs 2,586 in Marshville). Wingate has the higher median household income ($65,208 vs $60,784 in Marshville). Wingate has the higher median home value ($217,700 vs $147,100 in Marshville).

Population, income & housing

	Marshville	Wingate
Population	2,586	4,169
Median age	36.2 yrs	21.6 yrs
Median household income	$60,784	$65,208
Median home value	$147,100	$217,700
Median gross rent	$1,063	$1,050
Housing units	960	1,082
Homeownership rate	56.2%	61.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.3%	32.5%
Unemployment rate	10.5%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Marshville	Wingate
Population	2,714 → 2,586 (-4.7%)	4,258 → 4,169 (-2.1%)
Median household income	$44,875 → $60,784 (+35.5%)	$50,583 → $65,208 (+28.9%)
Median home value	$105,000 → $147,100 (+40.1%)	$146,700 → $217,700 (+48.4%)
Median gross rent	$841 → $1,063 (+26.4%)	$868 → $1,050 (+21.0%)

Marshville

Population

2,7142,586

Median household income

$44,875$60,784

Median home value

$105,000$147,100

Median gross rent

$841$1,063

Wingate

Population

4,2584,169

Median household income

$50,583$65,208

Median home value

$146,700$217,700

Median gross rent

$868$1,050

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Marshville	Wingate
Under 5	6.4%	3.3%
5 to 17	23.2%	13.0%
18 to 24	8.9%	49.5%
25 to 34	9.7%	7.1%
35 to 44	16.7%	8.2%
45 to 54	12.5%	6.0%
55 to 64	9.4%	3.8%
65 to 74	6.3%	4.3%
75 and over	6.8%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Marshville	Wingate
White (non-Hispanic)	45.1%	45.6%
Black or African American	45.3%	21.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	0.0%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.4%	5.9%
Hispanic or Latino	7.2%	25.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Marshville	Wingate
No high school diploma	18.4%	16.2%
High school graduate	33.6%	25.2%
Some college or associate's	34.7%	26.0%
Bachelor's degree	9.3%	23.7%
Graduate or professional degree	4.0%	8.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Marshville	Wingate
Drove alone	81.0%	51.3%
Carpooled	10.5%	19.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	13.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.9%	15.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Marshville	Wingate
1-unit, detached	81.8%	82.2%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	9.8%	11.0%
5 to 19 units	2.2%	3.1%
20 or more units	2.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.9%	1.7%

Poverty & households

	Marshville	Wingate
Poverty rate	18.0%	17.7%
Average household size	2.95	2.92
Mean commute (minutes)	30	23
Median year structure built	1972	1985