Wesley Chapel vs Wingate

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

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

Wesley Chapel has the higher population (8,923 vs 4,169 in Wingate). Wesley Chapel has the higher median household income ($129,962 vs $65,208 in Wingate). Wesley Chapel has the higher median home value ($493,900 vs $217,700 in Wingate).

Population, income & housing

	Wesley Chapel	Wingate
Population	8,923	4,169
Median age	41.5 yrs	21.6 yrs
Median household income	$129,962	$65,208
Median home value	$493,900	$217,700
Median gross rent	$2,727	$1,050
Housing units	2,972	1,082
Homeownership rate	98.4%	61.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.0%	32.5%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Wesley Chapel	Wingate
Population	8,974 → 8,923 (-0.6%)	4,258 → 4,169 (-2.1%)
Median household income	$124,760 → $129,962 (+4.2%)	$50,583 → $65,208 (+28.9%)
Median home value	$348,700 → $493,900 (+41.6%)	$146,700 → $217,700 (+48.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,551 → $2,727 (+75.8%)	$868 → $1,050 (+21.0%)

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

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)

	Wesley Chapel	Wingate
Under 5	5.6%	3.3%
5 to 17	21.9%	13.0%
18 to 24	4.9%	49.5%
25 to 34	9.2%	7.1%
35 to 44	15.7%	8.2%
45 to 54	17.6%	6.0%
55 to 64	11.8%	3.8%
65 to 74	9.3%	4.3%
75 and over	3.9%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Wesley Chapel	Wingate
White (non-Hispanic)	74.7%	45.6%
Black or African American	7.7%	21.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.4%
Asian	4.3%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.6%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.7%	5.9%
Hispanic or Latino	9.0%	25.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Wesley Chapel	Wingate
No high school diploma	10.9%	16.2%
High school graduate	15.0%	25.2%
Some college or associate's	32.0%	26.0%
Bachelor's degree	24.3%	23.7%
Graduate or professional degree	17.7%	8.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Wesley Chapel	Wingate
Drove alone	67.3%	51.3%
Carpooled	9.6%	19.8%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	13.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	22.7%	15.3%
Other means	0.2%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Wesley Chapel	Wingate
1-unit, detached	98.2%	82.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	11.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.8%	1.7%

Poverty & households

	Wesley Chapel	Wingate
Poverty rate	3.4%	17.7%
Average household size	3.05	2.92
Mean commute (minutes)	34	23
Median year structure built	2003	1985