Waxhaw vs Wesley Chapel

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

Waxhaw and Wesley Chapel 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 8,923 in Wesley Chapel). Wesley Chapel has the higher median household income ($129,962 vs $128,115 in Waxhaw). Waxhaw has the higher median home value ($506,300 vs $493,900 in Wesley Chapel).

Population, income & housing

	Waxhaw	Wesley Chapel
Population	21,565	8,923
Median age	36.9 yrs	41.5 yrs
Median household income	$128,115	$129,962
Median home value	$506,300	$493,900
Median gross rent	$1,770	$2,727
Housing units	6,846	2,972
Homeownership rate	82.2%	98.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	54.9%	42.0%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Waxhaw	Wesley Chapel
Population	15,237 → 21,565 (+41.5%)	8,974 → 8,923 (-0.6%)
Median household income	$111,642 → $128,115 (+14.8%)	$124,760 → $129,962 (+4.2%)
Median home value	$329,400 → $506,300 (+53.7%)	$348,700 → $493,900 (+41.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,446 → $1,770 (+22.4%)	$1,551 → $2,727 (+75.8%)

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

Wesley Chapel

Population

8,9748,923

Median household income

$124,760$129,962

Median home value

$348,700$493,900

Median gross rent

$1,551$2,727

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Waxhaw	Wesley Chapel
Under 5	5.5%	5.6%
5 to 17	28.6%	21.9%
18 to 24	6.0%	4.9%
25 to 34	8.6%	9.2%
35 to 44	15.4%	15.7%
45 to 54	19.0%	17.6%
55 to 64	7.9%	11.8%
65 to 74	5.9%	9.3%
75 and over	3.1%	3.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Waxhaw	Wesley Chapel
White (non-Hispanic)	68.2%	74.7%
Black or African American	7.1%	7.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	7.4%	4.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	1.6%
Two or more races	4.6%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	11.9%	9.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Waxhaw	Wesley Chapel
No high school diploma	3.8%	10.9%
High school graduate	17.2%	15.0%
Some college or associate's	24.0%	32.0%
Bachelor's degree	35.1%	24.3%
Graduate or professional degree	19.8%	17.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Waxhaw	Wesley Chapel
Drove alone	61.6%	67.3%
Carpooled	9.2%	9.6%
Public transit	0.1%	0.3%
Walked	0.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	27.9%	22.7%
Other means	0.4%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Waxhaw	Wesley Chapel
1-unit, detached	88.5%	98.2%
1-unit, attached	5.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	1.8%

Poverty & households

	Waxhaw	Wesley Chapel
Poverty rate	4.3%	3.4%
Average household size	3.27	3.05
Mean commute (minutes)	31	34
Median year structure built	2009	2003