Pikeville vs Walnut Creek

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

Pikeville 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.

Walnut Creek has the higher population (1,684 vs 747 in Pikeville). Walnut Creek has the higher median household income ($145,417 vs $61,071 in Pikeville). Walnut Creek has the higher median home value ($423,800 vs $133,400 in Pikeville).

Population, income & housing

	Pikeville	Walnut Creek
Population	747	1,684
Median age	39.3 yrs	42.4 yrs
Median household income	$61,071	$145,417
Median home value	$133,400	$423,800
Median gross rent	$1,019	$1,756
Housing units	388	599
Homeownership rate	64.5%	88.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.2%	68.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pikeville	Walnut Creek
Population	606 → 747 (+23.3%)	994 → 1,684 (+69.4%)
Median household income	$46,964 → $61,071 (+30.0%)	$132,500 → $145,417 (+9.7%)
Median home value	$124,300 → $133,400 (+7.3%)	$373,600 → $423,800 (+13.4%)
Median gross rent	$852 → $1,019 (+19.6%)	$1,700 → $1,756 (+3.3%)

Pikeville

Population

606747

Median household income

$46,964$61,071

Median home value

$124,300$133,400

Median gross rent

$852$1,019

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)

	Pikeville	Walnut Creek
Under 5	3.7%	7.2%
5 to 17	18.3%	22.1%
18 to 24	13.5%	4.3%
25 to 34	10.8%	6.7%
35 to 44	10.4%	15.3%
45 to 54	19.8%	12.1%
55 to 64	10.4%	14.2%
65 to 74	6.4%	12.4%
75 and over	6.4%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pikeville	Walnut Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	75.1%	93.5%
Black or African American	19.3%	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	1.3%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	4.3%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pikeville	Walnut Creek
No high school diploma	20.8%	4.3%
High school graduate	16.8%	6.2%
Some college or associate's	41.2%	21.5%
Bachelor's degree	17.0%	38.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	30.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pikeville	Walnut Creek
Drove alone	77.8%	75.8%
Carpooled	19.3%	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	1.5%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pikeville	Walnut Creek
1-unit, detached	65.2%	99.3%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	6.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	23.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Pikeville	Walnut Creek
Poverty rate	19.4%	8.1%
Average household size	2.31	2.98
Mean commute (minutes)	24	29
Median year structure built	1975	1988