Bunn vs Lake Royale

A side-by-side comparison of Bunn and Lake Royale: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lake Royale has the higher population (2,959 vs 468 in Bunn). Lake Royale has the higher median household income ($96,250 vs $53,750 in Bunn). Lake Royale has the higher median home value ($263,000 vs $212,500 in Bunn).

Population, income & housing

	Bunn	Lake Royale
Population	468	2,959
Median age	45.0 yrs	45.2 yrs
Median household income	$53,750	$96,250
Median home value	$212,500	$263,000
Median gross rent	$859	$1,144
Housing units	247	2,099
Homeownership rate	58.8%	92.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.8%	21.1%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bunn	Lake Royale
Population	298 → 468 (+57.0%)	3,485 → 2,959 (-15.1%)
Median household income	$32,083 → $53,750 (+67.5%)	$57,750 → $96,250 (+66.7%)
Median home value	$85,000 → $212,500 (+150.0%)	$209,800 → $263,000 (+25.4%)
Median gross rent	$721 → $859 (+19.1%)	$1,129 → $1,144 (+1.3%)

Bunn

Population

298468

Median household income

$32,083$53,750

Median home value

$85,000$212,500

Median gross rent

$721$859

Lake Royale

Population

3,4852,959

Median household income

$57,750$96,250

Median home value

$209,800$263,000

Median gross rent

$1,129$1,144

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bunn	Lake Royale
Under 5	6.0%	1.3%
5 to 17	15.4%	15.0%
18 to 24	4.1%	8.1%
25 to 34	9.4%	6.4%
35 to 44	15.2%	19.1%
45 to 54	16.7%	15.1%
55 to 64	14.5%	8.2%
65 to 74	8.8%	11.6%
75 and over	10.0%	15.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bunn	Lake Royale
White (non-Hispanic)	50.0%	93.7%
Black or African American	24.1%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.0%
Asian	21.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	3.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	4.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bunn	Lake Royale
No high school diploma	22.6%	4.7%
High school graduate	27.2%	35.5%
Some college or associate's	34.4%	38.8%
Bachelor's degree	14.0%	14.1%
Graduate or professional degree	1.7%	6.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bunn	Lake Royale
Drove alone	52.1%	93.6%
Carpooled	20.9%	4.3%
Public transit	1.7%	0.0%
Walked	9.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	2.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.8%	2.1%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bunn	Lake Royale
1-unit, detached	78.5%	73.5%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.3%	3.2%
5 to 19 units	3.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.8%	23.3%

Poverty & households

	Bunn	Lake Royale
Poverty rate	5.3%	6.6%
Average household size	2.17	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	23	35
Median year structure built	1968	1998