Lilesville vs Wadesboro

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

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

Wadesboro has the higher population (4,966 vs 791 in Lilesville). Lilesville has the higher median household income ($54,250 vs $34,125 in Wadesboro). Lilesville has the higher median home value ($113,900 vs $98,600 in Wadesboro).

Population, income & housing

	Lilesville	Wadesboro
Population	791	4,966
Median age	41.2 yrs	37.6 yrs
Median household income	$54,250	$34,125
Median home value	$113,900	$98,600
Median gross rent	$877	$921
Housing units	306	2,286
Homeownership rate	93.3%	59.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.3%	15.5%
Unemployment rate	8.3%	12.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lilesville	Wadesboro
Population	537 → 791 (+47.3%)	5,305 → 4,966 (-6.4%)
Median household income	$47,935 → $54,250 (+13.2%)	$26,680 → $34,125 (+27.9%)
Median home value	$96,100 → $113,900 (+18.5%)	$81,100 → $98,600 (+21.6%)
Median gross rent	$728 → $877 (+20.5%)	$778 → $921 (+18.4%)

Lilesville

Population

537791

Median household income

$47,935$54,250

Median home value

$96,100$113,900

Median gross rent

$728$877

Wadesboro

Population

5,3054,966

Median household income

$26,680$34,125

Median home value

$81,100$98,600

Median gross rent

$778$921

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lilesville	Wadesboro
Under 5	4.8%	6.9%
5 to 17	13.9%	20.5%
18 to 24	13.1%	11.1%
25 to 34	6.4%	8.2%
35 to 44	20.1%	11.3%
45 to 54	6.1%	11.3%
55 to 64	15.5%	13.0%
65 to 74	15.2%	8.7%
75 and over	4.8%	8.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lilesville	Wadesboro
White (non-Hispanic)	22.5%	25.4%
Black or African American	73.8%	65.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	4.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.7%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lilesville	Wadesboro
No high school diploma	4.1%	15.6%
High school graduate	41.7%	33.5%
Some college or associate's	27.8%	35.4%
Bachelor's degree	23.6%	12.5%
Graduate or professional degree	2.8%	3.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lilesville	Wadesboro
Drove alone	73.6%	63.2%
Carpooled	6.5%	25.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.6%	8.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lilesville	Wadesboro
1-unit, detached	78.1%	74.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	7.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	8.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	21.9%	6.6%

Poverty & households

	Lilesville	Wadesboro
Poverty rate	20.9%	30.0%
Average household size	2.80	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	28	27
Median year structure built	1964	1968