Angier vs Lillington

A side-by-side comparison of Angier and Lillington: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Angier has the higher population (5,746 vs 4,683 in Lillington). Lillington has the higher median household income ($63,393 vs $51,162 in Angier). Angier has the higher median home value ($236,100 vs $219,600 in Lillington).

Population, income & housing

	Angier	Lillington
Population	5,746	4,683
Median age	40.0 yrs	36.1 yrs
Median household income	$51,162	$63,393
Median home value	$236,100	$219,600
Median gross rent	$949	$934
Housing units	2,627	1,462
Homeownership rate	61.6%	57.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.9%	21.0%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Angier	Lillington
Population	5,893 → 5,746 (-2.5%)	3,571 → 4,683 (+31.1%)
Median household income	$48,306 → $51,162 (+5.9%)	$40,000 → $63,393 (+58.5%)
Median home value	$157,800 → $236,100 (+49.6%)	$159,400 → $219,600 (+37.8%)
Median gross rent	$839 → $949 (+13.1%)	$683 → $934 (+36.7%)

Angier

Population

5,8935,746

Median household income

$48,306$51,162

Median home value

$157,800$236,100

Median gross rent

$839$949

Lillington

Population

3,5714,683

Median household income

$40,000$63,393

Median home value

$159,400$219,600

Median gross rent

$683$934

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Angier	Lillington
Under 5	5.5%	5.9%
5 to 17	16.6%	14.6%
18 to 24	7.7%	8.8%
25 to 34	13.6%	19.5%
35 to 44	13.6%	15.9%
45 to 54	13.7%	10.4%
55 to 64	12.8%	10.0%
65 to 74	9.0%	8.9%
75 and over	7.4%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Angier	Lillington
White (non-Hispanic)	52.5%	46.7%
Black or African American	15.1%	29.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.8%
Asian	0.7%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	28.2%	16.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Angier	Lillington
No high school diploma	20.7%	17.4%
High school graduate	24.2%	31.4%
Some college or associate's	28.3%	30.3%
Bachelor's degree	18.0%	13.7%
Graduate or professional degree	8.9%	7.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Angier	Lillington
Drove alone	82.4%	80.5%
Carpooled	8.1%	10.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.6%	6.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Angier	Lillington
1-unit, detached	72.0%	70.8%
1-unit, attached	5.1%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	10.7%	14.5%
5 to 19 units	7.8%	10.7%
20 or more units	0.8%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	3.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Angier	Lillington
Poverty rate	7.7%	6.3%
Average household size	2.25	2.65
Mean commute (minutes)	36	28
Median year structure built	1997	2001