Northlakes vs Sawmills

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

Northlakes 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 1,462 in Northlakes). Northlakes has the higher median household income ($101,461 vs $56,534 in Sawmills). Northlakes has the higher median home value ($335,500 vs $180,500 in Sawmills).

Population, income & housing

	Northlakes	Sawmills
Population	1,462	5,027
Median age	43.4 yrs	43.2 yrs
Median household income	$101,461	$56,534
Median home value	$335,500	$180,500
Median gross rent	—	$719
Housing units	563	2,390
Homeownership rate	85.8%	67.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	57.5%	16.1%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	8.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Northlakes	Sawmills
Population	1,509 → 1,462 (-3.1%)	5,165 → 5,027 (-2.7%)
Median household income	$81,875 → $101,461 (+23.9%)	$52,951 → $56,534 (+6.8%)
Median home value	$210,100 → $335,500 (+59.7%)	$108,300 → $180,500 (+66.7%)
Median gross rent	—	$674 → $719 (+6.7%)

Northlakes

Population

1,5091,462

Median household income

$81,875$101,461

Median home value

$210,100$335,500

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)

	Northlakes	Sawmills
Under 5	4.7%	3.2%
5 to 17	21.4%	16.7%
18 to 24	5.3%	8.4%
25 to 34	2.5%	15.3%
35 to 44	17.0%	8.0%
45 to 54	15.5%	16.8%
55 to 64	11.6%	13.2%
65 to 74	15.2%	11.9%
75 and over	6.8%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Northlakes	Sawmills
White (non-Hispanic)	95.4%	91.7%
Black or African American	0.3%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	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	1.8%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	3.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Northlakes	Sawmills
No high school diploma	3.4%	19.7%
High school graduate	10.4%	33.8%
Some college or associate's	28.7%	30.3%
Bachelor's degree	41.5%	11.4%
Graduate or professional degree	16.0%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Northlakes	Sawmills
Drove alone	68.3%	84.0%
Carpooled	18.0%	11.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.3%	1.2%
Other means	1.4%	3.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Northlakes	Sawmills
1-unit, detached	98.4%	62.2%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	7.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	25.2%

Poverty & households

	Northlakes	Sawmills
Poverty rate	2.7%	13.7%
Average household size	2.60	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	22	22
Median year structure built	1985	1989