Lilesville vs Polkton

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

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

Polkton has the higher population (2,759 vs 791 in Lilesville). Lilesville has the higher median household income ($54,250 vs $45,625 in Polkton). Polkton has the higher median home value ($134,100 vs $113,900 in Lilesville).

Population, income & housing

	Lilesville	Polkton
Population	791	2,759
Median age	41.2 yrs	39.0 yrs
Median household income	$54,250	$45,625
Median home value	$113,900	$134,100
Median gross rent	$877	$936
Housing units	306	498
Homeownership rate	93.3%	44.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.3%	2.3%
Unemployment rate	8.3%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lilesville	Polkton
Population	537 → 791 (+47.3%)	2,921 → 2,759 (-5.5%)
Median household income	$47,935 → $54,250 (+13.2%)	$39,808 → $45,625 (+14.6%)
Median home value	$96,100 → $113,900 (+18.5%)	$76,300 → $134,100 (+75.8%)
Median gross rent	$728 → $877 (+20.5%)	$680 → $936 (+37.6%)

Lilesville

Population

537791

Median household income

$47,935$54,250

Median home value

$96,100$113,900

Median gross rent

$728$877

Polkton

Population

2,9212,759

Median household income

$39,808$45,625

Median home value

$76,300$134,100

Median gross rent

$680$936

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lilesville	Polkton
Under 5	4.8%	2.0%
5 to 17	13.9%	9.7%
18 to 24	13.1%	8.4%
25 to 34	6.4%	21.8%
35 to 44	20.1%	22.6%
45 to 54	6.1%	14.1%
55 to 64	15.5%	9.3%
65 to 74	15.2%	6.6%
75 and over	4.8%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lilesville	Polkton
White (non-Hispanic)	22.5%	44.3%
Black or African American	73.8%	42.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.7%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.7%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	7.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lilesville	Polkton
No high school diploma	4.1%	20.5%
High school graduate	41.7%	47.8%
Some college or associate's	27.8%	29.4%
Bachelor's degree	23.6%	1.7%
Graduate or professional degree	2.8%	0.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lilesville	Polkton
Drove alone	73.6%	76.4%
Carpooled	6.5%	18.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.6%	5.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lilesville	Polkton
1-unit, detached	78.1%	41.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	9.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	21.9%	47.4%

Poverty & households

	Lilesville	Polkton
Poverty rate	20.9%	28.1%
Average household size	2.80	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	28	23
Median year structure built	1964	1991