Knightdale vs Wendell

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

Knightdale and Wendell 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 11,585 in Wendell). Wendell has the higher median household income ($93,848 vs $91,638 in Knightdale). Knightdale has the higher median home value ($331,900 vs $316,700 in Wendell).

Population, income & housing

	Knightdale	Wendell
Population	19,532	11,585
Median age	34.0 yrs	38.3 yrs
Median household income	$91,638	$93,848
Median home value	$331,900	$316,700
Median gross rent	$1,573	$1,397
Housing units	7,889	4,406
Homeownership rate	64.3%	74.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.2%	37.3%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Knightdale	Wendell
Population	16,001 → 19,532 (+22.1%)	7,308 → 11,585 (+58.5%)
Median household income	$69,684 → $91,638 (+31.5%)	$59,236 → $93,848 (+58.4%)
Median home value	$196,600 → $331,900 (+68.8%)	$191,400 → $316,700 (+65.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,161 → $1,573 (+35.5%)	$964 → $1,397 (+44.9%)

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

Wendell

Population

7,30811,585

Median household income

$59,236$93,848

Median home value

$191,400$316,700

Median gross rent

$964$1,397

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Knightdale	Wendell
Under 5	8.5%	6.0%
5 to 17	18.9%	18.1%
18 to 24	5.7%	10.4%
25 to 34	17.6%	10.0%
35 to 44	16.0%	15.6%
45 to 54	12.0%	14.2%
55 to 64	11.5%	10.6%
65 to 74	6.2%	9.4%
75 and over	3.6%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Knightdale	Wendell
White (non-Hispanic)	35.4%	47.6%
Black or African American	46.2%	25.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.6%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	0.2%
Two or more races	4.0%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	9.7%	24.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Knightdale	Wendell
No high school diploma	5.0%	8.5%
High school graduate	17.7%	20.2%
Some college or associate's	33.0%	34.0%
Bachelor's degree	28.4%	23.1%
Graduate or professional degree	15.9%	14.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Knightdale	Wendell
Drove alone	74.0%	66.4%
Carpooled	5.9%	7.0%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.2%	24.2%
Other means	1.1%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Knightdale	Wendell
1-unit, detached	65.7%	88.4%
1-unit, attached	9.2%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	1.8%	4.0%
5 to 19 units	9.5%	0.5%
20 or more units	12.7%	5.3%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Knightdale	Wendell
Poverty rate	5.8%	4.2%
Average household size	2.58	2.77
Mean commute (minutes)	26	29
Median year structure built	2006	2005