Coats vs Lillington

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

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

Lillington has the higher population (4,683 vs 2,029 in Coats). Lillington has the higher median household income ($63,393 vs $38,098 in Coats). Lillington has the higher median home value ($219,600 vs $116,800 in Coats).

Population, income & housing

	Coats	Lillington
Population	2,029	4,683
Median age	41.5 yrs	36.1 yrs
Median household income	$38,098	$63,393
Median home value	$116,800	$219,600
Median gross rent	$873	$934
Housing units	1,108	1,462
Homeownership rate	49.1%	57.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.8%	21.0%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Coats	Lillington
Population	2,418 → 2,029 (-16.1%)	3,571 → 4,683 (+31.1%)
Median household income	$35,352 → $38,098 (+7.8%)	$40,000 → $63,393 (+58.5%)
Median home value	$97,600 → $116,800 (+19.7%)	$159,400 → $219,600 (+37.8%)
Median gross rent	$776 → $873 (+12.5%)	$683 → $934 (+36.7%)

Coats

Population

2,4182,029

Median household income

$35,352$38,098

Median home value

$97,600$116,800

Median gross rent

$776$873

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)

	Coats	Lillington
Under 5	5.5%	5.9%
5 to 17	11.5%	14.6%
18 to 24	8.0%	8.8%
25 to 34	16.4%	19.5%
35 to 44	11.7%	15.9%
45 to 54	12.5%	10.4%
55 to 64	13.7%	10.0%
65 to 74	14.2%	8.9%
75 and over	6.4%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Coats	Lillington
White (non-Hispanic)	62.6%	46.7%
Black or African American	19.8%	29.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.5%	0.8%
Asian	0.3%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.0%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	8.7%	16.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Coats	Lillington
No high school diploma	27.4%	17.4%
High school graduate	27.2%	31.4%
Some college or associate's	27.6%	30.3%
Bachelor's degree	12.3%	13.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	7.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Coats	Lillington
Drove alone	73.4%	80.5%
Carpooled	22.1%	10.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.5%	6.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Coats	Lillington
1-unit, detached	70.1%	70.8%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	16.3%	14.5%
5 to 19 units	8.0%	10.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	4.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Coats	Lillington
Poverty rate	24.1%	6.3%
Average household size	2.02	2.65
Mean commute (minutes)	30	28
Median year structure built	1977	2001