Unionville vs Waxhaw

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

Unionville 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 6,826 in Unionville). Waxhaw has the higher median household income ($128,115 vs $92,009 in Unionville). Waxhaw has the higher median home value ($506,300 vs $312,200 in Unionville).

Population, income & housing

	Unionville	Waxhaw
Population	6,826	21,565
Median age	37.9 yrs	36.9 yrs
Median household income	$92,009	$128,115
Median home value	$312,200	$506,300
Median gross rent	$1,060	$1,770
Housing units	2,465	6,846
Homeownership rate	88.4%	82.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.6%	54.9%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Unionville	Waxhaw
Population	6,959 → 6,826 (-1.9%)	15,237 → 21,565 (+41.5%)
Median household income	$80,151 → $92,009 (+14.8%)	$111,642 → $128,115 (+14.8%)
Median home value	$214,000 → $312,200 (+45.9%)	$329,400 → $506,300 (+53.7%)
Median gross rent	$849 → $1,060 (+24.9%)	$1,446 → $1,770 (+22.4%)

Unionville

Population

6,9596,826

Median household income

$80,151$92,009

Median home value

$214,000$312,200

Median gross rent

$849$1,060

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)

	Unionville	Waxhaw
Under 5	3.7%	5.5%
5 to 17	23.2%	28.6%
18 to 24	6.7%	6.0%
25 to 34	14.8%	8.6%
35 to 44	12.2%	15.4%
45 to 54	13.1%	19.0%
55 to 64	14.5%	7.9%
65 to 74	7.7%	5.9%
75 and over	4.1%	3.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Unionville	Waxhaw
White (non-Hispanic)	90.3%	68.2%
Black or African American	2.0%	7.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	7.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	2.8%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	4.7%	11.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Unionville	Waxhaw
No high school diploma	7.1%	3.8%
High school graduate	30.5%	17.2%
Some college or associate's	36.7%	24.0%
Bachelor's degree	18.8%	35.1%
Graduate or professional degree	6.9%	19.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Unionville	Waxhaw
Drove alone	85.5%	61.6%
Carpooled	5.0%	9.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	0.0%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	9.1%	27.9%
Other means	0.5%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Unionville	Waxhaw
1-unit, detached	90.3%	88.5%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	5.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.0%	2.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.3%
Mobile home & other	8.2%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Unionville	Waxhaw
Poverty rate	9.4%	4.3%
Average household size	2.80	3.27
Mean commute (minutes)	30	31
Median year structure built	1993	2009