Mar-Mac vs Walnut Creek

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

Mar-Mac 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.

Mar-Mac has the higher population (2,802 vs 1,684 in Walnut Creek). Walnut Creek has the higher median household income ($145,417 vs $53,125 in Mar-Mac). Walnut Creek has the higher median home value ($423,800 vs $139,800 in Mar-Mac).

Population, income & housing

	Mar-Mac	Walnut Creek
Population	2,802	1,684
Median age	39.9 yrs	42.4 yrs
Median household income	$53,125	$145,417
Median home value	$139,800	$423,800
Median gross rent	$889	$1,756
Housing units	1,401	599
Homeownership rate	63.1%	88.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.7%	68.0%
Unemployment rate	9.4%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mar-Mac	Walnut Creek
Population	3,368 → 2,802 (-16.8%)	994 → 1,684 (+69.4%)
Median household income	$44,143 → $53,125 (+20.3%)	$132,500 → $145,417 (+9.7%)
Median home value	$128,200 → $139,800 (+9.0%)	$373,600 → $423,800 (+13.4%)
Median gross rent	$699 → $889 (+27.2%)	$1,700 → $1,756 (+3.3%)

Mar-Mac

Population

3,3682,802

Median household income

$44,143$53,125

Median home value

$128,200$139,800

Median gross rent

$699$889

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)

	Mar-Mac	Walnut Creek
Under 5	7.4%	7.2%
5 to 17	17.0%	22.1%
18 to 24	11.1%	4.3%
25 to 34	12.9%	6.7%
35 to 44	7.2%	15.3%
45 to 54	13.5%	12.1%
55 to 64	12.1%	14.2%
65 to 74	11.0%	12.4%
75 and over	8.1%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mar-Mac	Walnut Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	42.6%	93.5%
Black or African American	30.4%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.7%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	0.8%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	24.5%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mar-Mac	Walnut Creek
No high school diploma	18.2%	4.3%
High school graduate	37.0%	6.2%
Some college or associate's	25.2%	21.5%
Bachelor's degree	14.6%	38.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.0%	30.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mar-Mac	Walnut Creek
Drove alone	94.5%	75.8%
Carpooled	4.1%	4.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.5%	18.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mar-Mac	Walnut Creek
1-unit, detached	50.5%	99.3%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	8.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	10.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	29.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Mar-Mac	Walnut Creek
Poverty rate	21.5%	8.1%
Average household size	2.31	2.98
Mean commute (minutes)	26	29
Median year structure built	1984	1988