Lilesville vs Morven

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

Lilesville and Morven 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 435 in Morven). Lilesville has the higher median home value ($113,900 vs $109,700 in Morven). Since 2019, Lilesville's population has grown faster (+47.3% vs -20.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Lilesville	Morven
Population	791	435
Median age	41.2 yrs	37.9 yrs
Median household income	$54,250	—
Median home value	$113,900	$109,700
Median gross rent	$877	$875
Housing units	306	228
Homeownership rate	93.3%	72.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.3%	16.5%
Unemployment rate	8.3%	13.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lilesville	Morven
Population	537 → 791 (+47.3%)	548 → 435 (-20.6%)
Median household income	$47,935 → $54,250 (+13.2%)	$26,797 → $53,750 (+100.6%)
Median home value	$96,100 → $113,900 (+18.5%)	$57,900 → $109,700 (+89.5%)
Median gross rent	$728 → $877 (+20.5%)	$638 → $875 (+37.1%)

Lilesville

Population

537791

Median household income

$47,935$54,250

Median home value

$96,100$113,900

Median gross rent

$728$877

Morven

Population

548435

Median household income

$26,797$53,750

Median home value

$57,900$109,700

Median gross rent

$638$875

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lilesville	Morven
Under 5	4.8%	6.4%
5 to 17	13.9%	30.3%
18 to 24	13.1%	3.2%
25 to 34	6.4%	5.3%
35 to 44	20.1%	9.4%
45 to 54	6.1%	13.6%
55 to 64	15.5%	2.1%
65 to 74	15.2%	22.3%
75 and over	4.8%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lilesville	Morven
White (non-Hispanic)	22.5%	16.8%
Black or African American	73.8%	65.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.9%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.7%	9.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	8.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lilesville	Morven
No high school diploma	4.1%	11.5%
High school graduate	41.7%	33.0%
Some college or associate's	27.8%	39.1%
Bachelor's degree	23.6%	7.7%
Graduate or professional degree	2.8%	8.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lilesville	Morven
Drove alone	73.6%	79.4%
Carpooled	6.5%	14.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.6%	6.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lilesville	Morven
1-unit, detached	78.1%	75.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	21.9%	21.9%

Poverty & households

	Lilesville	Morven
Poverty rate	20.9%	41.5%
Average household size	2.80	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	28	32
Median year structure built	1964	1957