Brogden vs Walnut Creek

A side-by-side comparison of Brogden and Walnut Creek: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Brogden has the higher population (2,712 vs 1,684 in Walnut Creek). Walnut Creek has the higher median household income ($145,417 vs $28,885 in Brogden). Walnut Creek has the higher median home value ($423,800 vs $96,100 in Brogden).

Population, income & housing

	Brogden	Walnut Creek
Population	2,712	1,684
Median age	32.2 yrs	42.4 yrs
Median household income	$28,885	$145,417
Median home value	$96,100	$423,800
Median gross rent	$947	$1,756
Housing units	1,063	599
Homeownership rate	68.3%	88.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.5%	68.0%
Unemployment rate	9.9%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brogden	Walnut Creek
Population	2,279 → 2,712 (+19.0%)	994 → 1,684 (+69.4%)
Median household income	$38,565 → $28,885 (-25.1%)	$132,500 → $145,417 (+9.7%)
Median home value	$82,700 → $96,100 (+16.2%)	$373,600 → $423,800 (+13.4%)
Median gross rent	$694 → $947 (+36.5%)	$1,700 → $1,756 (+3.3%)

Brogden

Population

2,2792,712

Median household income

$38,565$28,885

Median home value

$82,700$96,100

Median gross rent

$694$947

Walnut Creek

Population

9941,684

Median household income

$132,500$145,417

Median home value

$373,600$423,800

Median gross rent

$1,700$1,756

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brogden	Walnut Creek
Under 5	1.9%	7.2%
5 to 17	25.0%	22.1%
18 to 24	5.1%	4.3%
25 to 34	24.0%	6.7%
35 to 44	5.8%	15.3%
45 to 54	10.8%	12.1%
55 to 64	6.9%	14.2%
65 to 74	15.1%	12.4%
75 and over	5.5%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brogden	Walnut Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	29.6%	93.5%
Black or African American	41.7%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.3%
Two or more races	5.2%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	22.9%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brogden	Walnut Creek
No high school diploma	23.1%	4.3%
High school graduate	34.6%	6.2%
Some college or associate's	36.7%	21.5%
Bachelor's degree	5.5%	38.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	30.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brogden	Walnut Creek
Drove alone	59.0%	75.8%
Carpooled	36.5%	4.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.9%	18.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brogden	Walnut Creek
1-unit, detached	69.0%	99.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	30.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Brogden	Walnut Creek
Poverty rate	39.9%	8.1%
Average household size	2.69	2.98
Mean commute (minutes)	24	29
Median year structure built	1977	1988