Knightdale vs Rolesville

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

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

Knightdale has the higher population (19,532 vs 10,200 in Rolesville). Rolesville has the higher median household income ($148,250 vs $91,638 in Knightdale). Rolesville has the higher median home value ($467,400 vs $331,900 in Knightdale).

Population, income & housing

	Knightdale	Rolesville
Population	19,532	10,200
Median age	34.0 yrs	38.9 yrs
Median household income	$91,638	$148,250
Median home value	$331,900	$467,400
Median gross rent	$1,573	$982
Housing units	7,889	3,315
Homeownership rate	64.3%	92.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.2%	66.5%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Knightdale	Rolesville
Population	16,001 → 19,532 (+22.1%)	7,488 → 10,200 (+36.2%)
Median household income	$69,684 → $91,638 (+31.5%)	$119,615 → $148,250 (+23.9%)
Median home value	$196,600 → $331,900 (+68.8%)	$316,200 → $467,400 (+47.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,161 → $1,573 (+35.5%)	$788 → $982 (+24.6%)

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

Rolesville

Population

7,48810,200

Median household income

$119,615$148,250

Median home value

$316,200$467,400

Median gross rent

$788$982

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Knightdale	Rolesville
Under 5	8.5%	8.8%
5 to 17	18.9%	23.6%
18 to 24	5.7%	6.3%
25 to 34	17.6%	6.5%
35 to 44	16.0%	19.4%
45 to 54	12.0%	17.4%
55 to 64	11.5%	6.7%
65 to 74	6.2%	7.8%
75 and over	3.6%	3.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Knightdale	Rolesville
White (non-Hispanic)	35.4%	58.1%
Black or African American	46.2%	29.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.6%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	0.3%
Two or more races	4.0%	5.5%
Hispanic or Latino	9.7%	5.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Knightdale	Rolesville
No high school diploma	5.0%	2.7%
High school graduate	17.7%	9.5%
Some college or associate's	33.0%	21.2%
Bachelor's degree	28.4%	37.1%
Graduate or professional degree	15.9%	29.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Knightdale	Rolesville
Drove alone	74.0%	66.0%
Carpooled	5.9%	4.0%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.2%	28.3%
Other means	1.1%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Knightdale	Rolesville
1-unit, detached	65.7%	88.6%
1-unit, attached	9.2%	5.3%
2 to 4 units	1.8%	2.7%
5 to 19 units	9.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	12.7%	1.2%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Knightdale	Rolesville
Poverty rate	5.8%	0.9%
Average household size	2.58	3.19
Mean commute (minutes)	26	33
Median year structure built	2006	2013