Chadbourn vs Lake Waccamaw

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

Chadbourn 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 1,347 in Chadbourn). Lake Waccamaw has the higher median household income ($79,844 vs $19,853 in Chadbourn). Lake Waccamaw has the higher median home value ($294,800 vs $100,300 in Chadbourn).

Population, income & housing

	Chadbourn	Lake Waccamaw
Population	1,347	1,666
Median age	49.2 yrs	50.8 yrs
Median household income	$19,853	$79,844
Median home value	$100,300	$294,800
Median gross rent	$578	$1,069
Housing units	807	951
Homeownership rate	49.1%	84.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.6%	36.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chadbourn	Lake Waccamaw
Population	2,005 → 1,347 (-32.8%)	1,733 → 1,666 (-3.9%)
Median household income	$23,042 → $19,853 (-13.8%)	$52,692 → $79,844 (+51.5%)
Median home value	$71,200 → $100,300 (+40.9%)	$263,500 → $294,800 (+11.9%)
Median gross rent	$463 → $578 (+24.8%)	$904 → $1,069 (+18.3%)

Chadbourn

Population

2,0051,347

Median household income

$23,042$19,853

Median home value

$71,200$100,300

Median gross rent

$463$578

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)

	Chadbourn	Lake Waccamaw
Under 5	2.0%	1.7%
5 to 17	18.2%	20.9%
18 to 24	8.0%	6.7%
25 to 34	13.3%	5.7%
35 to 44	6.1%	8.8%
45 to 54	15.5%	12.4%
55 to 64	21.0%	12.2%
65 to 74	9.8%	13.7%
75 and over	6.1%	17.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chadbourn	Lake Waccamaw
White (non-Hispanic)	28.0%	75.2%
Black or African American	55.1%	9.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	11.1%	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	2.3%	9.3%
Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chadbourn	Lake Waccamaw
No high school diploma	8.3%	9.0%
High school graduate	59.4%	25.8%
Some college or associate's	26.8%	28.4%
Bachelor's degree	4.1%	21.8%
Graduate or professional degree	1.4%	15.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chadbourn	Lake Waccamaw
Drove alone	86.0%	81.0%
Carpooled	5.1%	4.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.5%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	12.8%
Other means	2.4%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chadbourn	Lake Waccamaw
1-unit, detached	68.0%	89.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	12.9%	3.5%
5 to 19 units	2.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	16.7%	5.9%

Poverty & households

	Chadbourn	Lake Waccamaw
Poverty rate	50.8%	6.8%
Average household size	2.41	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	27	29
Median year structure built	1974	1980