Erwin vs Lillington

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

Erwin 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 4,617 in Erwin). Lillington has the higher median household income ($63,393 vs $50,077 in Erwin). Lillington has the higher median home value ($219,600 vs $150,400 in Erwin).

Population, income & housing

	Erwin	Lillington
Population	4,617	4,683
Median age	46.0 yrs	36.1 yrs
Median household income	$50,077	$63,393
Median home value	$150,400	$219,600
Median gross rent	$1,085	$934
Housing units	2,030	1,462
Homeownership rate	71.2%	57.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.0%	21.0%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Erwin	Lillington
Population	5,035 → 4,617 (-8.3%)	3,571 → 4,683 (+31.1%)
Median household income	$40,714 → $50,077 (+23.0%)	$40,000 → $63,393 (+58.5%)
Median home value	$91,000 → $150,400 (+65.3%)	$159,400 → $219,600 (+37.8%)
Median gross rent	$824 → $1,085 (+31.7%)	$683 → $934 (+36.7%)

Erwin

Population

5,0354,617

Median household income

$40,714$50,077

Median home value

$91,000$150,400

Median gross rent

$824$1,085

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)

	Erwin	Lillington
Under 5	8.6%	5.9%
5 to 17	10.6%	14.6%
18 to 24	4.7%	8.8%
25 to 34	15.7%	19.5%
35 to 44	9.4%	15.9%
45 to 54	11.4%	10.4%
55 to 64	17.0%	10.0%
65 to 74	10.6%	8.9%
75 and over	11.9%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Erwin	Lillington
White (non-Hispanic)	64.0%	46.7%
Black or African American	19.9%	29.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.8%
Asian	0.9%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.9%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	12.2%	16.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Erwin	Lillington
No high school diploma	11.1%	17.4%
High school graduate	37.6%	31.4%
Some college or associate's	35.3%	30.3%
Bachelor's degree	11.1%	13.7%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	7.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Erwin	Lillington
Drove alone	82.6%	80.5%
Carpooled	13.0%	10.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.4%	6.1%
Other means	1.7%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Erwin	Lillington
1-unit, detached	87.7%	70.8%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	3.7%	14.5%
5 to 19 units	0.1%	10.7%
20 or more units	0.5%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	6.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Erwin	Lillington
Poverty rate	11.5%	6.3%
Average household size	2.50	2.65
Mean commute (minutes)	31	28
Median year structure built	1959	2001