Fair Bluff vs Lake Waccamaw

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

Fair Bluff 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 513 in Fair Bluff). Lake Waccamaw has the higher median household income ($79,844 vs $29,063 in Fair Bluff). Lake Waccamaw has the higher median home value ($294,800 vs $48,900 in Fair Bluff).

Population, income & housing

	Fair Bluff	Lake Waccamaw
Population	513	1,666
Median age	51.8 yrs	50.8 yrs
Median household income	$29,063	$79,844
Median home value	$48,900	$294,800
Median gross rent	$807	$1,069
Housing units	418	951
Homeownership rate	74.9%	84.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.0%	36.8%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fair Bluff	Lake Waccamaw
Population	545 → 513 (-5.9%)	1,733 → 1,666 (-3.9%)
Median household income	$20,078 → $29,063 (+44.8%)	$52,692 → $79,844 (+51.5%)
Median home value	$60,400 → $48,900 (-19.0%)	$263,500 → $294,800 (+11.9%)
Median gross rent	$265 → $807 (+204.5%)	$904 → $1,069 (+18.3%)

Fair Bluff

Population

545513

Median household income

$20,078$29,063

Median home value

$60,400$48,900

Median gross rent

$265$807

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)

	Fair Bluff	Lake Waccamaw
Under 5	7.4%	1.7%
5 to 17	15.0%	20.9%
18 to 24	3.7%	6.7%
25 to 34	10.1%	5.7%
35 to 44	6.0%	8.8%
45 to 54	17.9%	12.4%
55 to 64	16.8%	12.2%
65 to 74	12.1%	13.7%
75 and over	10.9%	17.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fair Bluff	Lake Waccamaw
White (non-Hispanic)	22.8%	75.2%
Black or African American	61.0%	9.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	3.3%
Asian	8.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.9%
Two or more races	5.3%	9.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.4%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fair Bluff	Lake Waccamaw
No high school diploma	17.2%	9.0%
High school graduate	41.7%	25.8%
Some college or associate's	31.1%	28.4%
Bachelor's degree	7.7%	21.8%
Graduate or professional degree	2.4%	15.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fair Bluff	Lake Waccamaw
Drove alone	90.6%	81.0%
Carpooled	9.4%	4.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	12.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fair Bluff	Lake Waccamaw
1-unit, detached	53.1%	89.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	10.8%	3.5%
5 to 19 units	3.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	30.9%	5.9%

Poverty & households

	Fair Bluff	Lake Waccamaw
Poverty rate	31.0%	6.8%
Average household size	2.19	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	23	29
Median year structure built	1983	1980