Lillington vs Mamers

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

Lillington and Mamers 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 636 in Mamers). Lillington has the higher median household income ($63,393 vs $36,467 in Mamers). Lillington has the higher median home value ($219,600 vs $139,400 in Mamers).

Population, income & housing

	Lillington	Mamers
Population	4,683	636
Median age	36.1 yrs	59.8 yrs
Median household income	$63,393	$36,467
Median home value	$219,600	$139,400
Median gross rent	$934	$741
Housing units	1,462	308
Homeownership rate	57.1%	81.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.0%	18.9%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	14.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lillington	Mamers
Population	3,571 → 4,683 (+31.1%)	763 → 636 (-16.6%)
Median household income	$40,000 → $63,393 (+58.5%)	$64,646 → $36,467 (-43.6%)
Median home value	$159,400 → $219,600 (+37.8%)	$156,700 → $139,400 (-11.0%)
Median gross rent	$683 → $934 (+36.7%)	$642 → $741 (+15.4%)

Lillington

Population

3,5714,683

Median household income

$40,000$63,393

Median home value

$159,400$219,600

Median gross rent

$683$934

Mamers

Population

763636

Median household income

$64,646$36,467

Median home value

$156,700$139,400

Median gross rent

$642$741

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lillington	Mamers
Under 5	5.9%	3.5%
5 to 17	14.6%	8.5%
18 to 24	8.8%	2.5%
25 to 34	19.5%	19.8%
35 to 44	15.9%	2.4%
45 to 54	10.4%	5.2%
55 to 64	10.0%	15.4%
65 to 74	8.9%	30.5%
75 and over	6.1%	12.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lillington	Mamers
White (non-Hispanic)	46.7%	86.8%
Black or African American	29.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.4%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	16.7%	13.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lillington	Mamers
No high school diploma	17.4%	2.8%
High school graduate	31.4%	43.2%
Some college or associate's	30.3%	35.1%
Bachelor's degree	13.7%	14.9%
Graduate or professional degree	7.4%	4.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lillington	Mamers
Drove alone	80.5%	74.3%
Carpooled	10.7%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.1%	25.7%
Other means	0.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lillington	Mamers
1-unit, detached	70.8%	78.9%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	14.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	10.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	21.1%

Poverty & households

	Lillington	Mamers
Poverty rate	6.3%	3.3%
Average household size	2.65	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	28	—
Median year structure built	2001	1986