Elm City vs Wilson

A side-by-side comparison of Elm City and Wilson: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Wilson has the higher population (47,740 vs 1,173 in Elm City). Wilson has the higher median household income ($47,294 vs $44,698 in Elm City). Wilson has the higher median home value ($192,000 vs $106,600 in Elm City).

Population, income & housing

	Elm City	Wilson
Population	1,173	47,740
Median age	49.6 yrs	39.1 yrs
Median household income	$44,698	$47,294
Median home value	$106,600	$192,000
Median gross rent	$829	$925
Housing units	596	22,358
Homeownership rate	65.4%	48.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.9%	22.8%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	7.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elm City	Wilson
Population	1,445 → 1,173 (-18.8%)	49,272 → 47,740 (-3.1%)
Median household income	$40,451 → $44,698 (+10.5%)	$42,036 → $47,294 (+12.5%)
Median home value	$82,100 → $106,600 (+29.8%)	$142,700 → $192,000 (+34.5%)
Median gross rent	$638 → $829 (+29.9%)	$762 → $925 (+21.4%)

Elm City

Population

1,4451,173

Median household income

$40,451$44,698

Median home value

$82,100$106,600

Median gross rent

$638$829

Wilson

Population

49,27247,740

Median household income

$42,036$47,294

Median home value

$142,700$192,000

Median gross rent

$762$925

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elm City	Wilson
Under 5	2.6%	5.4%
5 to 17	13.0%	17.8%
18 to 24	8.3%	9.0%
25 to 34	11.1%	13.2%
35 to 44	10.0%	11.5%
45 to 54	14.7%	12.1%
55 to 64	13.7%	13.1%
65 to 74	19.4%	11.2%
75 and over	7.3%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elm City	Wilson
White (non-Hispanic)	28.3%	35.2%
Black or African American	65.4%	48.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.8%
Two or more races	0.1%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	6.2%	11.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elm City	Wilson
No high school diploma	15.1%	15.6%
High school graduate	39.5%	32.8%
Some college or associate's	30.5%	28.8%
Bachelor's degree	8.3%	13.7%
Graduate or professional degree	6.6%	9.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elm City	Wilson
Drove alone	74.9%	80.7%
Carpooled	16.6%	9.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	0.0%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.6%	6.0%
Other means	0.0%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elm City	Wilson
1-unit, detached	74.3%	60.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.8%
2 to 4 units	14.8%	19.1%
5 to 19 units	3.0%	8.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.1%
Mobile home & other	7.9%	4.1%

Poverty & households

	Elm City	Wilson
Poverty rate	18.4%	25.1%
Average household size	2.24	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	28	21
Median year structure built	1978	1983