Kelly vs White Lake

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

Kelly 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.

White Lake has the higher population (961 vs 706 in Kelly). White Lake has the higher median household income ($76,667 vs $51,155 in Kelly). White Lake has the higher median home value ($186,900 vs $125,200 in Kelly).

Population, income & housing

	Kelly	White Lake
Population	706	961
Median age	30.3 yrs	52.7 yrs
Median household income	$51,155	$76,667
Median home value	$125,200	$186,900
Median gross rent	—	$1,275
Housing units	387	1,094
Homeownership rate	78.3%	72.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	33.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kelly	White Lake
Population	409 → 706 (+72.6%)	1,000 → 961 (-3.9%)
Median household income	$25,323 → $51,155 (+102.0%)	$53,958 → $76,667 (+42.1%)
Median home value	$51,900 → $125,200 (+141.2%)	$144,000 → $186,900 (+29.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$783 → $1,275 (+62.8%)

Kelly

Population

409706

Median household income

$25,323$51,155

Median home value

$51,900$125,200

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)

	Kelly	White Lake
Under 5	13.5%	2.4%
5 to 17	31.3%	15.8%
18 to 24	0.0%	4.0%
25 to 34	23.5%	4.8%
35 to 44	7.1%	14.4%
45 to 54	0.0%	10.2%
55 to 64	5.5%	16.1%
65 to 74	15.3%	19.9%
75 and over	3.8%	12.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kelly	White Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	23.1%	82.3%
Black or African American	58.8%	5.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	11.9%	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	6.2%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	4.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kelly	White Lake
No high school diploma	12.1%	5.1%
High school graduate	52.6%	30.2%
Some college or associate's	35.4%	31.7%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	22.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	10.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kelly	White Lake
Drove alone	100.0%	74.5%
Carpooled	0.0%	5.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	13.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	7.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kelly	White Lake
1-unit, detached	39.3%	49.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.6%
Mobile home & other	60.7%	38.0%

Poverty & households

	Kelly	White Lake
Poverty rate	6.4%	6.4%
Average household size	2.84	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	—	28
Median year structure built	1994	1986