What is the population of Weldon town?

Weldon town has 1,522 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #381 of 777 in North Carolina.

What is the median household income in Weldon town?

Median household income in Weldon town is $38,725 a year, 50.7% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Weldon town?

Median gross rent is $791 a month and the median home value is $96,000, so rent absorbs about 24.5% of median household income.

Is Weldon town affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 2.5× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Weldon town is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 24.5% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Weldon, NC population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Weldon, North Carolina (Weldon, NC — Census place “Weldon town”) is 1,522 residents, ranking #381 of 777 places in North Carolina. Median household income is $38,725, the median home is worth $96,000 and median gross rent runs $791 a month. Looking for the Weldon North Carolina ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Weldon, NC: 27890.

Population: 1,522Weldon town residents
Median household income: $38,725Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $96,000Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $791Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 38.8 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 51.2%Owner-occupied households

Weldon ZIP codes (North Carolina)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Weldon.

The Weldon NC ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

27890

What the numbers mean in Weldon town

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Weldon town median would spend about 24.5% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 2.5× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 24.8% of residents and 51.2% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Weldon town, NC in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Weldon town is a small town in North Carolina, with 1,522 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #381 of 777 ranked by population — larger than 51% of them. The median age here is 38.8 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.

Households in Weldon town earn a median of $38,725 a year, 50.7% below the national figure of $78,538 and 37% below the $61,228 median for the 459 North Carolina cities we cover. Household income here is measured before tax and pooled across everyone at the address, which is why it reads higher than typical individual earnings in the same area. Poverty reaches 24.8% of residents here, well above the 12.4% national rate, which is the single clearest signal in this dataset that median income here is carried by a narrow band of households.

The typical owner-occupied home in Weldon town is valued at $96,000, 68.4% below the national figure and 56% below the $219,800 peer median, while median gross rent runs $791 a month, 43.7% below the national figure, or roughly $9,492 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 24.5% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 2.5×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 51.2% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.

All values below were released by the Census for this exact geography, with no gap-filling on our side. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Weldon town?: Weldon town has 1,522 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #381 of 777 in North Carolina.
What is the median household income in Weldon town?: Median household income in Weldon town is $38,725 a year, 50.7% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Weldon town?: Median gross rent is $791 a month and the median home value is $96,000, so rent absorbs about 24.5% of median household income.
Is Weldon town affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 2.5× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Weldon town is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 24.5% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Weldon town data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.