Elroy vs Walnut Creek

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

Elroy 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.

Elroy has the higher population (3,507 vs 1,684 in Walnut Creek). Walnut Creek has the higher median household income ($145,417 vs $54,375 in Elroy). Walnut Creek has the higher median home value ($423,800 vs $120,500 in Elroy).

Population, income & housing

	Elroy	Walnut Creek
Population	3,507	1,684
Median age	41.7 yrs	42.4 yrs
Median household income	$54,375	$145,417
Median home value	$120,500	$423,800
Median gross rent	$920	$1,756
Housing units	1,528	599
Homeownership rate	73.0%	88.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.8%	68.0%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elroy	Walnut Creek
Population	3,949 → 3,507 (-11.2%)	994 → 1,684 (+69.4%)
Median household income	$44,691 → $54,375 (+21.7%)	$132,500 → $145,417 (+9.7%)
Median home value	$94,400 → $120,500 (+27.6%)	$373,600 → $423,800 (+13.4%)
Median gross rent	$736 → $920 (+25.0%)	$1,700 → $1,756 (+3.3%)

Elroy

Population

3,9493,507

Median household income

$44,691$54,375

Median home value

$94,400$120,500

Median gross rent

$736$920

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)

	Elroy	Walnut Creek
Under 5	5.5%	7.2%
5 to 17	15.4%	22.1%
18 to 24	8.6%	4.3%
25 to 34	13.6%	6.7%
35 to 44	13.2%	15.3%
45 to 54	12.2%	12.1%
55 to 64	13.4%	14.2%
65 to 74	11.4%	12.4%
75 and over	6.7%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elroy	Walnut Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	53.0%	93.5%
Black or African American	28.1%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	2.2%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.3%
Two or more races	1.8%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	14.7%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elroy	Walnut Creek
No high school diploma	14.5%	4.3%
High school graduate	32.2%	6.2%
Some college or associate's	40.5%	21.5%
Bachelor's degree	7.6%	38.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	30.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elroy	Walnut Creek
Drove alone	85.4%	75.8%
Carpooled	8.0%	4.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.5%	18.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elroy	Walnut Creek
1-unit, detached	61.5%	99.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	6.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	31.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Elroy	Walnut Creek
Poverty rate	15.8%	8.1%
Average household size	2.48	2.98
Mean commute (minutes)	20	29
Median year structure built	1978	1988