Holly Springs vs Knightdale

A side-by-side comparison of Holly Springs and Knightdale: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Holly Springs has the higher population (43,429 vs 19,532 in Knightdale). Holly Springs has the higher median household income ($132,435 vs $91,638 in Knightdale). Holly Springs has the higher median home value ($485,500 vs $331,900 in Knightdale).

Population, income & housing

	Holly Springs	Knightdale
Population	43,429	19,532
Median age	36.3 yrs	34.0 yrs
Median household income	$132,435	$91,638
Median home value	$485,500	$331,900
Median gross rent	$1,858	$1,573
Housing units	15,171	7,889
Homeownership rate	83.4%	64.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	67.7%	44.2%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Holly Springs	Knightdale
Population	34,874 → 43,429 (+24.5%)	16,001 → 19,532 (+22.1%)
Median household income	$112,029 → $132,435 (+18.2%)	$69,684 → $91,638 (+31.5%)
Median home value	$320,900 → $485,500 (+51.3%)	$196,600 → $331,900 (+68.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,416 → $1,858 (+31.2%)	$1,161 → $1,573 (+35.5%)

Holly Springs

Population

34,87443,429

Median household income

$112,029$132,435

Median home value

$320,900$485,500

Median gross rent

$1,416$1,858

Knightdale

Population

16,00119,532

Median household income

$69,684$91,638

Median home value

$196,600$331,900

Median gross rent

$1,161$1,573

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Holly Springs	Knightdale
Under 5	6.8%	8.5%
5 to 17	26.6%	18.9%
18 to 24	4.4%	5.7%
25 to 34	10.7%	17.6%
35 to 44	17.8%	16.0%
45 to 54	16.0%	12.0%
55 to 64	9.3%	11.5%
65 to 74	5.9%	6.2%
75 and over	2.6%	3.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Holly Springs	Knightdale
White (non-Hispanic)	74.2%	35.4%
Black or African American	7.9%	46.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	7.5%	3.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	1.1%
Two or more races	3.7%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.6%	9.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Holly Springs	Knightdale
No high school diploma	4.3%	5.0%
High school graduate	7.9%	17.7%
Some college or associate's	20.1%	33.0%
Bachelor's degree	41.4%	28.4%
Graduate or professional degree	26.3%	15.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Holly Springs	Knightdale
Drove alone	63.2%	74.0%
Carpooled	3.9%	5.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	1.6%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	30.5%	18.2%
Other means	0.8%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Holly Springs	Knightdale
1-unit, detached	80.2%	65.7%
1-unit, attached	9.5%	9.2%
2 to 4 units	0.1%	1.8%
5 to 19 units	5.2%	9.5%
20 or more units	4.3%	12.7%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Holly Springs	Knightdale
Poverty rate	4.4%	5.8%
Average household size	3.01	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	28	26
Median year structure built	2008	2006