Aberdeen vs Seven Lakes

A side-by-side comparison of Aberdeen and Seven Lakes: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Aberdeen has the higher population (8,969 vs 4,823 in Seven Lakes). Seven Lakes has the higher median household income ($91,495 vs $72,955 in Aberdeen). Seven Lakes has the higher median home value ($365,500 vs $287,200 in Aberdeen).

Population, income & housing

	Aberdeen	Seven Lakes
Population	8,969	4,823
Median age	36.1 yrs	59.5 yrs
Median household income	$72,955	$91,495
Median home value	$287,200	$365,500
Median gross rent	$1,151	$900
Housing units	4,207	2,540
Homeownership rate	62.8%	91.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.0%	46.1%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	1.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Aberdeen	Seven Lakes
Population	7,595 → 8,969 (+18.1%)	4,903 → 4,823 (-1.6%)
Median household income	$54,597 → $72,955 (+33.6%)	$82,969 → $91,495 (+10.3%)
Median home value	$202,100 → $287,200 (+42.1%)	$290,000 → $365,500 (+26.0%)
Median gross rent	$815 → $1,151 (+41.2%)	$1,167 → $900 (-22.9%)

Aberdeen

Population

7,5958,969

Median household income

$54,597$72,955

Median home value

$202,100$287,200

Median gross rent

$815$1,151

Seven Lakes

Population

4,9034,823

Median household income

$82,969$91,495

Median home value

$290,000$365,500

Median gross rent

$1,167$900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Aberdeen	Seven Lakes
Under 5	7.1%	1.2%
5 to 17	17.0%	14.8%
18 to 24	5.0%	5.8%
25 to 34	19.1%	4.1%
35 to 44	17.0%	5.0%
45 to 54	7.5%	12.5%
55 to 64	12.4%	12.3%
65 to 74	8.3%	24.4%
75 and over	6.5%	19.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Aberdeen	Seven Lakes
White (non-Hispanic)	65.6%	82.1%
Black or African American	21.1%	4.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.0%
Asian	3.7%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.7%	10.1%
Hispanic or Latino	3.1%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Aberdeen	Seven Lakes
No high school diploma	4.8%	0.0%
High school graduate	21.1%	20.2%
Some college or associate's	38.2%	33.7%
Bachelor's degree	22.0%	27.6%
Graduate or professional degree	14.0%	18.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Aberdeen	Seven Lakes
Drove alone	77.8%	77.5%
Carpooled	6.5%	12.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.5%	7.8%
Other means	4.9%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Aberdeen	Seven Lakes
1-unit, detached	64.1%	92.6%
1-unit, attached	4.6%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	15.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	10.1%	0.4%
20 or more units	2.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.2%	5.9%

Poverty & households

	Aberdeen	Seven Lakes
Poverty rate	10.3%	7.7%
Average household size	2.23	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	28	33
Median year structure built	2003	1996