Lincolnton vs Westport

A side-by-side comparison of Lincolnton and Westport: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lincolnton has the higher population (11,503 vs 5,079 in Westport). Westport has the higher median household income ($132,206 vs $43,294 in Lincolnton). Westport has the higher median home value ($537,800 vs $224,600 in Lincolnton).

Population, income & housing

	Lincolnton	Westport
Population	11,503	5,079
Median age	37.7 yrs	46.4 yrs
Median household income	$43,294	$132,206
Median home value	$224,600	$537,800
Median gross rent	$920	$2,197
Housing units	5,407	2,112
Homeownership rate	45.3%	96.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.4%	50.9%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lincolnton	Westport
Population	10,832 → 11,503 (+6.2%)	4,117 → 5,079 (+23.4%)
Median household income	$37,027 → $43,294 (+16.9%)	$132,870 → $132,206 (-0.5%)
Median home value	$153,800 → $224,600 (+46.0%)	$466,900 → $537,800 (+15.2%)
Median gross rent	$672 → $920 (+36.9%)	$1,635 → $2,197 (+34.4%)

Lincolnton

Population

10,83211,503

Median household income

$37,027$43,294

Median home value

$153,800$224,600

Median gross rent

$672$920

Westport

Population

4,1175,079

Median household income

$132,870$132,206

Median home value

$466,900$537,800

Median gross rent

$1,635$2,197

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lincolnton	Westport
Under 5	7.4%	5.3%
5 to 17	15.3%	12.5%
18 to 24	12.6%	5.6%
25 to 34	12.5%	8.7%
35 to 44	10.1%	16.2%
45 to 54	9.6%	10.1%
55 to 64	12.0%	16.5%
65 to 74	11.5%	18.4%
75 and over	9.0%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lincolnton	Westport
White (non-Hispanic)	58.1%	93.0%
Black or African American	20.3%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.3%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	17.2%	4.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lincolnton	Westport
No high school diploma	12.7%	2.7%
High school graduate	30.7%	10.9%
Some college or associate's	37.2%	35.6%
Bachelor's degree	13.6%	37.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	13.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lincolnton	Westport
Drove alone	79.5%	66.4%
Carpooled	5.8%	0.0%
Public transit	0.1%	1.2%
Walked	3.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.7%	31.1%
Other means	3.1%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lincolnton	Westport
1-unit, detached	62.1%	97.8%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	18.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	10.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.9%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Lincolnton	Westport
Poverty rate	18.4%	1.6%
Average household size	2.21	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	24	39
Median year structure built	1970	2005