Gamewell vs Sawmills

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

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

Sawmills has the higher population (5,027 vs 3,701 in Gamewell). Sawmills has the higher median household income ($56,534 vs $55,977 in Gamewell). Sawmills has the higher median home value ($180,500 vs $154,100 in Gamewell).

Population, income & housing

	Gamewell	Sawmills
Population	3,701	5,027
Median age	45.7 yrs	43.2 yrs
Median household income	$55,977	$56,534
Median home value	$154,100	$180,500
Median gross rent	$875	$719
Housing units	1,650	2,390
Homeownership rate	72.7%	67.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.4%	16.1%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	8.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gamewell	Sawmills
Population	3,987 → 3,701 (-7.2%)	5,165 → 5,027 (-2.7%)
Median household income	$46,057 → $55,977 (+21.5%)	$52,951 → $56,534 (+6.8%)
Median home value	$101,700 → $154,100 (+51.5%)	$108,300 → $180,500 (+66.7%)
Median gross rent	$721 → $875 (+21.4%)	$674 → $719 (+6.7%)

Gamewell

Population

3,9873,701

Median household income

$46,057$55,977

Median home value

$101,700$154,100

Median gross rent

$721$875

Sawmills

Population

5,1655,027

Median household income

$52,951$56,534

Median home value

$108,300$180,500

Median gross rent

$674$719

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gamewell	Sawmills
Under 5	3.9%	3.2%
5 to 17	13.1%	16.7%
18 to 24	9.9%	8.4%
25 to 34	12.8%	15.3%
35 to 44	6.1%	8.0%
45 to 54	20.3%	16.8%
55 to 64	19.7%	13.2%
65 to 74	9.5%	11.9%
75 and over	4.8%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gamewell	Sawmills
White (non-Hispanic)	83.1%	91.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.7%
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%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	13.0%	3.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gamewell	Sawmills
No high school diploma	22.4%	19.7%
High school graduate	39.7%	33.8%
Some college or associate's	33.6%	30.3%
Bachelor's degree	3.4%	11.4%
Graduate or professional degree	1.0%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gamewell	Sawmills
Drove alone	59.4%	84.0%
Carpooled	33.9%	11.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.7%	1.2%
Other means	0.0%	3.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gamewell	Sawmills
1-unit, detached	67.6%	62.2%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.2%	7.9%
5 to 19 units	2.5%	4.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	18.6%	25.2%

Poverty & households

	Gamewell	Sawmills
Poverty rate	17.3%	13.7%
Average household size	2.60	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	43	22
Median year structure built	1977	1989