Brunswick vs Lake Waccamaw

A side-by-side comparison of Brunswick and Lake Waccamaw: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lake Waccamaw has the higher population (1,666 vs 981 in Brunswick). Lake Waccamaw has the higher median household income ($79,844 vs $28,542 in Brunswick). Lake Waccamaw has the higher median home value ($294,800 vs $83,900 in Brunswick).

Population, income & housing

	Brunswick	Lake Waccamaw
Population	981	1,666
Median age	38.8 yrs	50.8 yrs
Median household income	$28,542	$79,844
Median home value	$83,900	$294,800
Median gross rent	$773	$1,069
Housing units	160	951
Homeownership rate	45.0%	84.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.8%	36.8%
Unemployment rate	34.6%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brunswick	Lake Waccamaw
Population	983 → 981 (-0.2%)	1,733 → 1,666 (-3.9%)
Median household income	$18,056 → $28,542 (+58.1%)	$52,692 → $79,844 (+51.5%)
Median home value	$110,800 → $83,900 (-24.3%)	$263,500 → $294,800 (+11.9%)
Median gross rent	$716 → $773 (+8.0%)	$904 → $1,069 (+18.3%)

Brunswick

Population

983981

Median household income

$18,056$28,542

Median home value

$110,800$83,900

Median gross rent

$716$773

Lake Waccamaw

Population

1,7331,666

Median household income

$52,692$79,844

Median home value

$263,500$294,800

Median gross rent

$904$1,069

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brunswick	Lake Waccamaw
Under 5	1.8%	1.7%
5 to 17	6.5%	20.9%
18 to 24	7.4%	6.7%
25 to 34	25.6%	5.7%
35 to 44	22.4%	8.8%
45 to 54	19.0%	12.4%
55 to 64	10.1%	12.2%
65 to 74	3.1%	13.7%
75 and over	4.1%	17.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brunswick	Lake Waccamaw
White (non-Hispanic)	22.4%	75.2%
Black or African American	66.0%	9.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.8%	3.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.9%
Two or more races	6.9%	9.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brunswick	Lake Waccamaw
No high school diploma	20.7%	9.0%
High school graduate	45.9%	25.8%
Some college or associate's	28.6%	28.4%
Bachelor's degree	2.7%	21.8%
Graduate or professional degree	2.2%	15.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brunswick	Lake Waccamaw
Drove alone	83.5%	81.0%
Carpooled	4.7%	4.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.5%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.2%	12.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brunswick	Lake Waccamaw
1-unit, detached	62.5%	89.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	17.5%	3.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	20.0%	5.9%

Poverty & households

	Brunswick	Lake Waccamaw
Poverty rate	57.7%	6.8%
Average household size	2.54	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	18	29
Median year structure built	1975	1980