Lake Waccamaw vs Whiteville

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

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

Whiteville has the higher population (4,721 vs 1,666 in Lake Waccamaw). Lake Waccamaw has the higher median household income ($79,844 vs $38,004 in Whiteville). Lake Waccamaw has the higher median home value ($294,800 vs $173,100 in Whiteville).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Waccamaw	Whiteville
Population	1,666	4,721
Median age	50.8 yrs	37.6 yrs
Median household income	$79,844	$38,004
Median home value	$294,800	$173,100
Median gross rent	$1,069	$718
Housing units	951	2,111
Homeownership rate	84.6%	46.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.8%	23.7%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Waccamaw	Whiteville
Population	1,733 → 1,666 (-3.9%)	5,386 → 4,721 (-12.3%)
Median household income	$52,692 → $79,844 (+51.5%)	$30,729 → $38,004 (+23.7%)
Median home value	$263,500 → $294,800 (+11.9%)	$105,300 → $173,100 (+64.4%)
Median gross rent	$904 → $1,069 (+18.3%)	$623 → $718 (+15.2%)

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

Whiteville

Population

5,3864,721

Median household income

$30,729$38,004

Median home value

$105,300$173,100

Median gross rent

$623$718

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Waccamaw	Whiteville
Under 5	1.7%	8.1%
5 to 17	20.9%	14.2%
18 to 24	6.7%	8.1%
25 to 34	5.7%	16.1%
35 to 44	8.8%	13.2%
45 to 54	12.4%	9.0%
55 to 64	12.2%	11.1%
65 to 74	13.7%	12.6%
75 and over	17.8%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Waccamaw	Whiteville
White (non-Hispanic)	75.2%	41.2%
Black or African American	9.2%	49.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	3.3%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	1.9%	0.0%
Two or more races	9.3%	7.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Waccamaw	Whiteville
No high school diploma	9.0%	7.4%
High school graduate	25.8%	33.2%
Some college or associate's	28.4%	35.7%
Bachelor's degree	21.8%	12.6%
Graduate or professional degree	15.1%	11.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Waccamaw	Whiteville
Drove alone	81.0%	83.6%
Carpooled	4.5%	10.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	3.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	12.8%	1.9%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Waccamaw	Whiteville
1-unit, detached	89.3%	52.5%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	3.5%	14.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	15.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	7.5%
Mobile home & other	5.9%	9.3%

Poverty & households

	Lake Waccamaw	Whiteville
Poverty rate	6.8%	16.2%
Average household size	2.39	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	29	26
Median year structure built	1980	1972