Bladenboro vs White Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Bladenboro and White Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Bladenboro has the higher population (2,181 vs 961 in White Lake). White Lake has the higher median household income ($76,667 vs $55,517 in Bladenboro). White Lake has the higher median home value ($186,900 vs $89,800 in Bladenboro).

Population, income & housing

	Bladenboro	White Lake
Population	2,181	961
Median age	29.0 yrs	52.7 yrs
Median household income	$55,517	$76,667
Median home value	$89,800	$186,900
Median gross rent	$646	$1,275
Housing units	844	1,094
Homeownership rate	43.5%	72.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.9%	33.0%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	0.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bladenboro	White Lake
Population	1,659 → 2,181 (+31.5%)	1,000 → 961 (-3.9%)
Median household income	$36,641 → $55,517 (+51.5%)	$53,958 → $76,667 (+42.1%)
Median home value	$64,800 → $89,800 (+38.6%)	$144,000 → $186,900 (+29.8%)
Median gross rent	$673 → $646 (-4.0%)	$783 → $1,275 (+62.8%)

Bladenboro

Population

1,6592,181

Median household income

$36,641$55,517

Median home value

$64,800$89,800

Median gross rent

$673$646

White Lake

Population

1,000961

Median household income

$53,958$76,667

Median home value

$144,000$186,900

Median gross rent

$783$1,275

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bladenboro	White Lake
Under 5	4.9%	2.4%
5 to 17	31.3%	15.8%
18 to 24	9.9%	4.0%
25 to 34	6.6%	4.8%
35 to 44	16.8%	14.4%
45 to 54	12.1%	10.2%
55 to 64	6.1%	16.1%
65 to 74	7.2%	19.9%
75 and over	5.1%	12.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bladenboro	White Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	55.8%	82.3%
Black or African American	18.8%	5.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	5.8%
Two or more races	0.8%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	22.7%	4.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bladenboro	White Lake
No high school diploma	17.3%	5.1%
High school graduate	31.4%	30.2%
Some college or associate's	39.4%	31.7%
Bachelor's degree	9.0%	22.3%
Graduate or professional degree	2.9%	10.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bladenboro	White Lake
Drove alone	85.0%	74.5%
Carpooled	2.1%	5.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.9%	13.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.9%	7.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bladenboro	White Lake
1-unit, detached	68.5%	49.6%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	12.2%	1.7%
5 to 19 units	2.4%	6.0%
20 or more units	1.5%	4.6%
Mobile home & other	14.9%	38.0%

Poverty & households

	Bladenboro	White Lake
Poverty rate	22.2%	6.4%
Average household size	3.08	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	19	28
Median year structure built	1972	1986