Lake Santeetlah vs Robbinsville

A side-by-side comparison of Lake Santeetlah and Robbinsville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Robbinsville has the higher population (677 vs 116 in Lake Santeetlah). Lake Santeetlah has the higher median household income ($106,875 vs $17,841 in Robbinsville). Since 2019, Lake Santeetlah's population has grown faster (+123.1% vs -2.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Santeetlah	Robbinsville
Population	116	677
Median age	36.5 yrs	54.8 yrs
Median household income	$106,875	$17,841
Median home value	$372,200	—
Median gross rent	—	$350
Housing units	176	423
Homeownership rate	88.6%	38.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	71.4%	4.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	6.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Santeetlah	Robbinsville
Population	52 → 116 (+123.1%)	693 → 677 (-2.3%)
Median household income	$67,292 → $106,875 (+58.8%)	$14,778 → $17,841 (+20.7%)
Median home value	$481,300 → $372,200 (-22.7%)	—
Median gross rent	—	$323 → $350 (+8.4%)

Lake Santeetlah

Population

52116

Median household income

$67,292$106,875

Median home value

$481,300$372,200

Robbinsville

Population

693677

Median household income

$14,778$17,841

Median gross rent

$323$350

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Santeetlah	Robbinsville
Under 5	15.5%	3.1%
5 to 17	6.0%	7.8%
18 to 24	18.1%	9.0%
25 to 34	10.3%	8.0%
35 to 44	1.7%	3.0%
45 to 54	13.8%	20.2%
55 to 64	9.5%	19.2%
65 to 74	15.5%	19.6%
75 and over	9.5%	10.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Santeetlah	Robbinsville
White (non-Hispanic)	62.1%	73.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	5.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.7%	4.6%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	33.6%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	15.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Santeetlah	Robbinsville
No high school diploma	0.0%	41.1%
High school graduate	11.4%	33.4%
Some college or associate's	17.1%	21.2%
Bachelor's degree	35.7%	3.0%
Graduate or professional degree	35.7%	1.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Santeetlah	Robbinsville
Drove alone	50.0%	83.5%
Carpooled	3.1%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	15.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	46.9%	1.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Santeetlah	Robbinsville
1-unit, detached	97.7%	31.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	14.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	17.3%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	28.8%

Poverty & households

	Lake Santeetlah	Robbinsville
Poverty rate	0.0%	36.7%
Average household size	3.31	1.59
Mean commute (minutes)	—	13
Median year structure built	1979	1983