Lawndale vs Patterson Springs

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

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

Patterson Springs has the higher population (980 vs 585 in Lawndale). Patterson Springs has the higher median household income ($55,625 vs $31,691 in Lawndale). Patterson Springs has the higher median home value ($116,000 vs $105,600 in Lawndale).

Population, income & housing

	Lawndale	Patterson Springs
Population	585	980
Median age	36.0 yrs	33.0 yrs
Median household income	$31,691	$55,625
Median home value	$105,600	$116,000
Median gross rent	$827	$982
Housing units	294	361
Homeownership rate	64.3%	66.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.1%	11.4%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lawndale	Patterson Springs
Population	769 → 585 (-23.9%)	934 → 980 (+4.9%)
Median household income	$34,531 → $31,691 (-8.2%)	$29,605 → $55,625 (+87.9%)
Median home value	$75,000 → $105,600 (+40.8%)	$83,000 → $116,000 (+39.8%)
Median gross rent	$755 → $827 (+9.5%)	$588 → $982 (+67.0%)

Lawndale

Population

769585

Median household income

$34,531$31,691

Median home value

$75,000$105,600

Median gross rent

$755$827

Patterson Springs

Population

934980

Median household income

$29,605$55,625

Median home value

$83,000$116,000

Median gross rent

$588$982

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lawndale	Patterson Springs
Under 5	3.4%	4.0%
5 to 17	22.7%	18.0%
18 to 24	9.7%	13.7%
25 to 34	10.8%	22.7%
35 to 44	12.0%	9.7%
45 to 54	6.0%	8.0%
55 to 64	24.1%	10.4%
65 to 74	5.8%	8.7%
75 and over	5.5%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lawndale	Patterson Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	78.5%	77.3%
Black or African American	10.3%	13.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.2%
Two or more races	5.6%	5.9%
Hispanic or Latino	3.8%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lawndale	Patterson Springs
No high school diploma	12.3%	6.5%
High school graduate	44.8%	51.2%
Some college or associate's	32.8%	30.9%
Bachelor's degree	9.6%	6.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.5%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lawndale	Patterson Springs
Drove alone	89.1%	93.8%
Carpooled	10.0%	2.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	3.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lawndale	Patterson Springs
1-unit, detached	72.4%	66.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	5.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.0%
Mobile home & other	22.4%	29.4%

Poverty & households

	Lawndale	Patterson Springs
Poverty rate	22.1%	25.5%
Average household size	2.58	3.06
Mean commute (minutes)	26	24
Median year structure built	1957	1973