Belwood vs Lawndale

A side-by-side comparison of Belwood and Lawndale: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Belwood has the higher population (928 vs 585 in Lawndale). Belwood has the higher median household income ($49,078 vs $31,691 in Lawndale). Belwood has the higher median home value ($180,600 vs $105,600 in Lawndale).

Population, income & housing

	Belwood	Lawndale
Population	928	585
Median age	46.6 yrs	36.0 yrs
Median household income	$49,078	$31,691
Median home value	$180,600	$105,600
Median gross rent	$907	$827
Housing units	401	294
Homeownership rate	81.0%	64.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.5%	10.1%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belwood	Lawndale
Population	999 → 928 (-7.1%)	769 → 585 (-23.9%)
Median household income	$43,828 → $49,078 (+12.0%)	$34,531 → $31,691 (-8.2%)
Median home value	$95,800 → $180,600 (+88.5%)	$75,000 → $105,600 (+40.8%)
Median gross rent	$628 → $907 (+44.4%)	$755 → $827 (+9.5%)

Belwood

Population

999928

Median household income

$43,828$49,078

Median home value

$95,800$180,600

Median gross rent

$628$907

Lawndale

Population

769585

Median household income

$34,531$31,691

Median home value

$75,000$105,600

Median gross rent

$755$827

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Belwood	Lawndale
Under 5	5.7%	3.4%
5 to 17	19.7%	22.7%
18 to 24	3.3%	9.7%
25 to 34	8.4%	10.8%
35 to 44	5.5%	12.0%
45 to 54	28.4%	6.0%
55 to 64	11.9%	24.1%
65 to 74	10.0%	5.8%
75 and over	7.0%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belwood	Lawndale
White (non-Hispanic)	89.3%	78.5%
Black or African American	1.2%	10.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	5.6%
Hispanic or Latino	7.5%	3.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belwood	Lawndale
No high school diploma	13.5%	12.3%
High school graduate	43.3%	44.8%
Some college or associate's	29.8%	32.8%
Bachelor's degree	10.4%	9.6%
Graduate or professional degree	3.0%	0.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belwood	Lawndale
Drove alone	92.9%	89.1%
Carpooled	4.3%	10.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.9%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belwood	Lawndale
1-unit, detached	63.6%	72.4%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	35.7%	22.4%

Poverty & households

	Belwood	Lawndale
Poverty rate	13.9%	22.1%
Average household size	2.71	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	39	26
Median year structure built	1988	1957