Lake Waccamaw vs Sandyfield

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

Lake Waccamaw and Sandyfield 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 683 in Sandyfield). Lake Waccamaw has the higher median household income ($79,844 vs $32,750 in Sandyfield). Lake Waccamaw has the higher median home value ($294,800 vs $83,500 in Sandyfield).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Waccamaw	Sandyfield
Population	1,666	683
Median age	50.8 yrs	38.8 yrs
Median household income	$79,844	$32,750
Median home value	$294,800	$83,500
Median gross rent	$1,069	$864
Housing units	951	265
Homeownership rate	84.6%	79.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.8%	8.3%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Waccamaw	Sandyfield
Population	1,733 → 1,666 (-3.9%)	429 → 683 (+59.2%)
Median household income	$52,692 → $79,844 (+51.5%)	$43,542 → $32,750 (-24.8%)
Median home value	$263,500 → $294,800 (+11.9%)	$77,200 → $83,500 (+8.2%)
Median gross rent	$904 → $1,069 (+18.3%)	$425 → $864 (+103.3%)

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

Sandyfield

Population

429683

Median household income

$43,542$32,750

Median home value

$77,200$83,500

Median gross rent

$425$864

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Waccamaw	Sandyfield
Under 5	1.7%	2.6%
5 to 17	20.9%	8.8%
18 to 24	6.7%	5.7%
25 to 34	5.7%	15.1%
35 to 44	8.8%	21.4%
45 to 54	12.4%	13.5%
55 to 64	12.2%	20.5%
65 to 74	13.7%	7.2%
75 and over	17.8%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Waccamaw	Sandyfield
White (non-Hispanic)	75.2%	14.9%
Black or African American	9.2%	67.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	3.3%	2.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.9%	0.0%
Two or more races	9.3%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	11.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Waccamaw	Sandyfield
No high school diploma	9.0%	23.7%
High school graduate	25.8%	50.2%
Some college or associate's	28.4%	17.8%
Bachelor's degree	21.8%	6.2%
Graduate or professional degree	15.1%	2.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Waccamaw	Sandyfield
Drove alone	81.0%	89.0%
Carpooled	4.5%	1.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.8%	8.0%
Other means	0.5%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Waccamaw	Sandyfield
1-unit, detached	89.3%	36.6%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.9%	63.4%

Poverty & households

	Lake Waccamaw	Sandyfield
Poverty rate	6.8%	35.3%
Average household size	2.39	3.12
Mean commute (minutes)	29	35
Median year structure built	1980	1999