Lawndale vs Polkville

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

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

Lawndale has the higher population (585 vs 542 in Polkville). Polkville has the higher median household income ($66,607 vs $31,691 in Lawndale). Polkville has the higher median home value ($155,600 vs $105,600 in Lawndale).

Population, income & housing

	Lawndale	Polkville
Population	585	542
Median age	36.0 yrs	38.8 yrs
Median household income	$31,691	$66,607
Median home value	$105,600	$155,600
Median gross rent	$827	$1,014
Housing units	294	251
Homeownership rate	64.3%	76.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.1%	23.2%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	0.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lawndale	Polkville
Population	769 → 585 (-23.9%)	479 → 542 (+13.2%)
Median household income	$34,531 → $31,691 (-8.2%)	$40,000 → $66,607 (+66.5%)
Median home value	$75,000 → $105,600 (+40.8%)	$116,200 → $155,600 (+33.9%)
Median gross rent	$755 → $827 (+9.5%)	$839 → $1,014 (+20.9%)

Lawndale

Population

769585

Median household income

$34,531$31,691

Median home value

$75,000$105,600

Median gross rent

$755$827

Polkville

Population

479542

Median household income

$40,000$66,607

Median home value

$116,200$155,600

Median gross rent

$839$1,014

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lawndale	Polkville
Under 5	3.4%	5.2%
5 to 17	22.7%	15.9%
18 to 24	9.7%	4.1%
25 to 34	10.8%	18.3%
35 to 44	12.0%	11.3%
45 to 54	6.0%	12.9%
55 to 64	24.1%	14.4%
65 to 74	5.8%	9.4%
75 and over	5.5%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lawndale	Polkville
White (non-Hispanic)	78.5%	100.0%
Black or African American	10.3%	0.0%
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%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.6%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lawndale	Polkville
No high school diploma	12.3%	6.7%
High school graduate	44.8%	41.6%
Some college or associate's	32.8%	28.6%
Bachelor's degree	9.6%	10.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.5%	12.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lawndale	Polkville
Drove alone	89.1%	82.6%
Carpooled	10.0%	8.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	5.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	2.6%
Other means	0.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lawndale	Polkville
1-unit, detached	72.4%	72.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.8%
2 to 4 units	5.1%	2.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	22.4%	21.5%

Poverty & households

	Lawndale	Polkville
Poverty rate	22.1%	18.5%
Average household size	2.58	2.87
Mean commute (minutes)	26	26
Median year structure built	1957	1968