Stallings vs Waxhaw

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

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

Waxhaw has the higher population (21,565 vs 16,495 in Stallings). Waxhaw has the higher median household income ($128,115 vs $106,074 in Stallings). Waxhaw has the higher median home value ($506,300 vs $381,700 in Stallings).

Population, income & housing

	Stallings	Waxhaw
Population	16,495	21,565
Median age	39.4 yrs	36.9 yrs
Median household income	$106,074	$128,115
Median home value	$381,700	$506,300
Median gross rent	$1,749	$1,770
Housing units	6,200	6,846
Homeownership rate	90.4%	82.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	51.0%	54.9%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Stallings	Waxhaw
Population	15,554 → 16,495 (+6.0%)	15,237 → 21,565 (+41.5%)
Median household income	$85,193 → $106,074 (+24.5%)	$111,642 → $128,115 (+14.8%)
Median home value	$250,300 → $381,700 (+52.5%)	$329,400 → $506,300 (+53.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,464 → $1,749 (+19.5%)	$1,446 → $1,770 (+22.4%)

Stallings

Population

15,55416,495

Median household income

$85,193$106,074

Median home value

$250,300$381,700

Median gross rent

$1,464$1,749

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)

	Stallings	Waxhaw
Under 5	6.1%	5.5%
5 to 17	17.3%	28.6%
18 to 24	9.2%	6.0%
25 to 34	10.9%	8.6%
35 to 44	14.2%	15.4%
45 to 54	15.9%	19.0%
55 to 64	11.9%	7.9%
65 to 74	7.5%	5.9%
75 and over	6.9%	3.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Stallings	Waxhaw
White (non-Hispanic)	73.4%	68.2%
Black or African American	7.8%	7.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	5.8%	7.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.5%
Two or more races	2.7%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	10.0%	11.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Stallings	Waxhaw
No high school diploma	5.3%	3.8%
High school graduate	14.7%	17.2%
Some college or associate's	29.0%	24.0%
Bachelor's degree	33.9%	35.1%
Graduate or professional degree	17.0%	19.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Stallings	Waxhaw
Drove alone	66.7%	61.6%
Carpooled	8.3%	9.2%
Public transit	0.2%	0.1%
Walked	0.5%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	23.8%	27.9%
Other means	0.5%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Stallings	Waxhaw
1-unit, detached	85.8%	88.5%
1-unit, attached	10.1%	5.9%
2 to 4 units	1.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	2.1%
20 or more units	1.3%	2.3%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Stallings	Waxhaw
Poverty rate	3.7%	4.3%
Average household size	2.73	3.27
Mean commute (minutes)	29	31
Median year structure built	2002	2009