Knightdale vs Zebulon

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

Knightdale and Zebulon 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 7,961 in Zebulon). Knightdale has the higher median household income ($91,638 vs $58,940 in Zebulon). Knightdale has the higher median home value ($331,900 vs $275,400 in Zebulon).

Population, income & housing

	Knightdale	Zebulon
Population	19,532	7,961
Median age	34.0 yrs	35.2 yrs
Median household income	$91,638	$58,940
Median home value	$331,900	$275,400
Median gross rent	$1,573	$1,038
Housing units	7,889	3,195
Homeownership rate	64.3%	56.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.2%	24.0%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	10.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Knightdale	Zebulon
Population	16,001 → 19,532 (+22.1%)	5,404 → 7,961 (+47.3%)
Median household income	$69,684 → $91,638 (+31.5%)	$46,849 → $58,940 (+25.8%)
Median home value	$196,600 → $331,900 (+68.8%)	$130,100 → $275,400 (+111.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,161 → $1,573 (+35.5%)	$1,151 → $1,038 (-9.8%)

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

Zebulon

Population

5,4047,961

Median household income

$46,849$58,940

Median home value

$130,100$275,400

Median gross rent

$1,151$1,038

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Knightdale	Zebulon
Under 5	8.5%	3.4%
5 to 17	18.9%	21.5%
18 to 24	5.7%	7.7%
25 to 34	17.6%	17.3%
35 to 44	16.0%	19.3%
45 to 54	12.0%	10.7%
55 to 64	11.5%	6.9%
65 to 74	6.2%	9.9%
75 and over	3.6%	3.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Knightdale	Zebulon
White (non-Hispanic)	35.4%	32.8%
Black or African American	46.2%	38.5%
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%	0.4%
Two or more races	4.0%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	9.7%	23.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Knightdale	Zebulon
No high school diploma	5.0%	21.9%
High school graduate	17.7%	21.9%
Some college or associate's	33.0%	32.1%
Bachelor's degree	28.4%	16.6%
Graduate or professional degree	15.9%	7.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Knightdale	Zebulon
Drove alone	74.0%	70.8%
Carpooled	5.9%	6.2%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.2%	21.2%
Other means	1.1%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Knightdale	Zebulon
1-unit, detached	65.7%	66.3%
1-unit, attached	9.2%	3.2%
2 to 4 units	1.8%	13.3%
5 to 19 units	9.5%	2.1%
20 or more units	12.7%	6.2%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	8.8%

Poverty & households

	Knightdale	Zebulon
Poverty rate	5.8%	12.2%
Average household size	2.58	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	26	32
Median year structure built	2006	1993