Gamewell vs Northlakes

A side-by-side comparison of Gamewell and Northlakes: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Gamewell has the higher population (3,701 vs 1,462 in Northlakes). Northlakes has the higher median household income ($101,461 vs $55,977 in Gamewell). Northlakes has the higher median home value ($335,500 vs $154,100 in Gamewell).

Population, income & housing

	Gamewell	Northlakes
Population	3,701	1,462
Median age	45.7 yrs	43.4 yrs
Median household income	$55,977	$101,461
Median home value	$154,100	$335,500
Median gross rent	$875	—
Housing units	1,650	563
Homeownership rate	72.7%	85.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.4%	57.5%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	1.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gamewell	Northlakes
Population	3,987 → 3,701 (-7.2%)	1,509 → 1,462 (-3.1%)
Median household income	$46,057 → $55,977 (+21.5%)	$81,875 → $101,461 (+23.9%)
Median home value	$101,700 → $154,100 (+51.5%)	$210,100 → $335,500 (+59.7%)
Median gross rent	$721 → $875 (+21.4%)	—

Gamewell

Population

3,9873,701

Median household income

$46,057$55,977

Median home value

$101,700$154,100

Median gross rent

$721$875

Northlakes

Population

1,5091,462

Median household income

$81,875$101,461

Median home value

$210,100$335,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gamewell	Northlakes
Under 5	3.9%	4.7%
5 to 17	13.1%	21.4%
18 to 24	9.9%	5.3%
25 to 34	12.8%	2.5%
35 to 44	6.1%	17.0%
45 to 54	20.3%	15.5%
55 to 64	19.7%	11.6%
65 to 74	9.5%	15.2%
75 and over	4.8%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gamewell	Northlakes
White (non-Hispanic)	83.1%	95.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
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%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	13.0%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gamewell	Northlakes
No high school diploma	22.4%	3.4%
High school graduate	39.7%	10.4%
Some college or associate's	33.6%	28.7%
Bachelor's degree	3.4%	41.5%
Graduate or professional degree	1.0%	16.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gamewell	Northlakes
Drove alone	59.4%	68.3%
Carpooled	33.9%	18.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.7%	12.3%
Other means	0.0%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gamewell	Northlakes
1-unit, detached	67.6%	98.4%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	9.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	18.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Gamewell	Northlakes
Poverty rate	17.3%	2.7%
Average household size	2.60	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	43	22
Median year structure built	1977	1985