Weddington vs Wesley Chapel

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

Weddington 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.

Weddington has the higher population (13,468 vs 8,923 in Wesley Chapel). Weddington has the higher median household income ($196,159 vs $129,962 in Wesley Chapel). Weddington has the higher median home value ($730,200 vs $493,900 in Wesley Chapel).

Population, income & housing

	Weddington	Wesley Chapel
Population	13,468	8,923
Median age	43.5 yrs	41.5 yrs
Median household income	$196,159	$129,962
Median home value	$730,200	$493,900
Median gross rent	$2,205	$2,727
Housing units	4,408	2,972
Homeownership rate	95.8%	98.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	65.9%	42.0%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Weddington	Wesley Chapel
Population	10,794 → 13,468 (+24.8%)	8,974 → 8,923 (-0.6%)
Median household income	$136,891 → $196,159 (+43.3%)	$124,760 → $129,962 (+4.2%)
Median home value	$457,900 → $730,200 (+59.5%)	$348,700 → $493,900 (+41.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,985 → $2,205 (+11.1%)	$1,551 → $2,727 (+75.8%)

Weddington

Population

10,79413,468

Median household income

$136,891$196,159

Median home value

$457,900$730,200

Median gross rent

$1,985$2,205

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)

	Weddington	Wesley Chapel
Under 5	2.9%	5.6%
5 to 17	25.0%	21.9%
18 to 24	6.8%	4.9%
25 to 34	5.0%	9.2%
35 to 44	13.0%	15.7%
45 to 54	21.3%	17.6%
55 to 64	12.8%	11.8%
65 to 74	8.8%	9.3%
75 and over	4.3%	3.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Weddington	Wesley Chapel
White (non-Hispanic)	79.5%	74.7%
Black or African American	4.5%	7.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	7.7%	4.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	1.6%
Two or more races	3.5%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	4.3%	9.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Weddington	Wesley Chapel
No high school diploma	1.7%	10.9%
High school graduate	8.9%	15.0%
Some college or associate's	23.5%	32.0%
Bachelor's degree	39.5%	24.3%
Graduate or professional degree	26.4%	17.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Weddington	Wesley Chapel
Drove alone	70.5%	67.3%
Carpooled	2.7%	9.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	1.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	24.3%	22.7%
Other means	1.2%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Weddington	Wesley Chapel
1-unit, detached	99.0%	98.2%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.8%

Poverty & households

	Weddington	Wesley Chapel
Poverty rate	3.6%	3.4%
Average household size	3.15	3.05
Mean commute (minutes)	27	34
Median year structure built	1998	2003