Lake Waccamaw vs Tabor City

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

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

Tabor City has the higher population (3,695 vs 1,666 in Lake Waccamaw). Lake Waccamaw has the higher median household income ($79,844 vs $37,014 in Tabor City). Lake Waccamaw has the higher median home value ($294,800 vs $109,600 in Tabor City).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Waccamaw	Tabor City
Population	1,666	3,695
Median age	50.8 yrs	43.2 yrs
Median household income	$79,844	$37,014
Median home value	$294,800	$109,600
Median gross rent	$1,069	$722
Housing units	951	1,214
Homeownership rate	84.6%	63.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.8%	12.6%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	10.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Waccamaw	Tabor City
Population	1,733 → 1,666 (-3.9%)	4,061 → 3,695 (-9.0%)
Median household income	$52,692 → $79,844 (+51.5%)	$28,276 → $37,014 (+30.9%)
Median home value	$263,500 → $294,800 (+11.9%)	$96,800 → $109,600 (+13.2%)
Median gross rent	$904 → $1,069 (+18.3%)	$637 → $722 (+13.3%)

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

Tabor City

Population

4,0613,695

Median household income

$28,276$37,014

Median home value

$96,800$109,600

Median gross rent

$637$722

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Waccamaw	Tabor City
Under 5	1.7%	5.8%
5 to 17	20.9%	9.2%
18 to 24	6.7%	7.4%
25 to 34	5.7%	19.0%
35 to 44	8.8%	11.7%
45 to 54	12.4%	16.3%
55 to 64	12.2%	9.2%
65 to 74	13.7%	13.5%
75 and over	17.8%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Waccamaw	Tabor City
White (non-Hispanic)	75.2%	49.3%
Black or African American	9.2%	37.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	3.3%	1.5%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.9%	0.8%
Two or more races	9.3%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	6.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Waccamaw	Tabor City
No high school diploma	9.0%	24.7%
High school graduate	25.8%	38.1%
Some college or associate's	28.4%	24.6%
Bachelor's degree	21.8%	7.7%
Graduate or professional degree	15.1%	4.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Waccamaw	Tabor City
Drove alone	81.0%	85.2%
Carpooled	4.5%	4.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.8%	10.6%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Waccamaw	Tabor City
1-unit, detached	89.3%	74.6%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	3.1%
2 to 4 units	3.5%	12.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.9%	5.4%

Poverty & households

	Lake Waccamaw	Tabor City
Poverty rate	6.8%	40.5%
Average household size	2.39	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	29	32
Median year structure built	1980	1966