Dudley vs Walnut Creek

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

Dudley 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.

Dudley has the higher population (2,320 vs 1,684 in Walnut Creek). Walnut Creek has the higher median household income ($145,417 vs $46,389 in Dudley). Walnut Creek has the higher median home value ($423,800 vs $100,700 in Dudley).

Population, income & housing

	Dudley	Walnut Creek
Population	2,320	1,684
Median age	27.5 yrs	42.4 yrs
Median household income	$46,389	$145,417
Median home value	$100,700	$423,800
Median gross rent	$728	$1,756
Housing units	733	599
Homeownership rate	64.4%	88.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.7%	68.0%
Unemployment rate	1.1%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dudley	Walnut Creek
Population	1,841 → 2,320 (+26.0%)	994 → 1,684 (+69.4%)
Median household income	$63,484 → $46,389 (-26.9%)	$132,500 → $145,417 (+9.7%)
Median home value	$77,400 → $100,700 (+30.1%)	$373,600 → $423,800 (+13.4%)
Median gross rent	$652 → $728 (+11.7%)	$1,700 → $1,756 (+3.3%)

Dudley

Population

1,8412,320

Median household income

$63,484$46,389

Median home value

$77,400$100,700

Median gross rent

$652$728

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)

	Dudley	Walnut Creek
Under 5	15.3%	7.2%
5 to 17	18.1%	22.1%
18 to 24	15.0%	4.3%
25 to 34	8.9%	6.7%
35 to 44	15.0%	15.3%
45 to 54	14.3%	12.1%
55 to 64	4.8%	14.2%
65 to 74	5.5%	12.4%
75 and over	3.0%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dudley	Walnut Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	1.4%	93.5%
Black or African American	42.1%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.2%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	54.3%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dudley	Walnut Creek
No high school diploma	48.9%	4.3%
High school graduate	29.7%	6.2%
Some college or associate's	2.7%	21.5%
Bachelor's degree	18.7%	38.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	30.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dudley	Walnut Creek
Drove alone	71.4%	75.8%
Carpooled	11.6%	4.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.0%	18.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dudley	Walnut Creek
1-unit, detached	12.8%	99.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	87.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Dudley	Walnut Creek
Poverty rate	28.7%	8.1%
Average household size	3.56	2.98
Mean commute (minutes)	25	29
Median year structure built	1991	1988