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Town in North Carolina, United StatesWallace is a town in Duplin and Pender counties in the U.S. state of North Carolina. The population was 3,883 at the 2020 census. The Pender County portion of Wallace is part of the Wilmington Metropolitan Statistical Area. The town of Wallace was first known as Duplin Crossroads and was incorporated into existence in 1873. Later in 1899, the town fathers decided to adopt the new name, Wallace, to honor Stephen D. Wallace, an official of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad. Wallace is Duplin County's largest population and retail trade center serving over 50,000 people in a surrounding three county area. SouthPark, an industrial park, is open near I-40 in Wallace. Low tax rates are an incentiv…
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Housing in Wallace
The typical Wallace home is worth about $218,000, up 1.8% in a year, 35% below the North Carolina typical home.
Safety in Wallace
Safety Grade D
Wallace reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 92% report less.
Health in Wallace
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of 32 measures CDC estimates. The other 15 are too close to call.
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Schools in Wallace
All Wallace schools →School Grade C-
The public schools Wallace’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 76% of North Carolina’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.
School data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within NC. Ratings are from neighbors.
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