Ansonville vs Lilesville

A side-by-side comparison of Ansonville and Lilesville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lilesville has the higher population (791 vs 578 in Ansonville). Lilesville has the higher median household income ($54,250 vs $39,375 in Ansonville). Lilesville has the higher median home value ($113,900 vs $88,500 in Ansonville).

Population, income & housing

	Ansonville	Lilesville
Population	578	791
Median age	49.6 yrs	41.2 yrs
Median household income	$39,375	$54,250
Median home value	$88,500	$113,900
Median gross rent	$919	$877
Housing units	273	306
Homeownership rate	70.8%	93.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.5%	26.3%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	8.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ansonville	Lilesville
Population	730 → 578 (-20.8%)	537 → 791 (+47.3%)
Median household income	$50,163 → $39,375 (-21.5%)	$47,935 → $54,250 (+13.2%)
Median home value	$80,800 → $88,500 (+9.5%)	$96,100 → $113,900 (+18.5%)
Median gross rent	$822 → $919 (+11.8%)	$728 → $877 (+20.5%)

Ansonville

Population

730578

Median household income

$50,163$39,375

Median home value

$80,800$88,500

Median gross rent

$822$919

Lilesville

Population

537791

Median household income

$47,935$54,250

Median home value

$96,100$113,900

Median gross rent

$728$877

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ansonville	Lilesville
Under 5	4.2%	4.8%
5 to 17	10.7%	13.9%
18 to 24	4.7%	13.1%
25 to 34	23.9%	6.4%
35 to 44	5.0%	20.1%
45 to 54	5.2%	6.1%
55 to 64	13.8%	15.5%
65 to 74	14.0%	15.2%
75 and over	18.5%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ansonville	Lilesville
White (non-Hispanic)	15.9%	22.5%
Black or African American	82.9%	73.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ansonville	Lilesville
No high school diploma	21.1%	4.1%
High school graduate	51.0%	41.7%
Some college or associate's	21.5%	27.8%
Bachelor's degree	6.5%	23.6%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	2.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ansonville	Lilesville
Drove alone	68.2%	73.6%
Carpooled	31.8%	6.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	0.0%	19.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ansonville	Lilesville
1-unit, detached	70.0%	78.1%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	29.3%	21.9%

Poverty & households

	Ansonville	Lilesville
Poverty rate	26.3%	20.9%
Average household size	2.64	2.80
Mean commute (minutes)	25	28
Median year structure built	1975	1964