Seven Lakes vs Southern Pines

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

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

Southern Pines has the higher population (16,052 vs 4,823 in Seven Lakes). Seven Lakes has the higher median household income ($91,495 vs $83,681 in Southern Pines). Southern Pines has the higher median home value ($416,300 vs $365,500 in Seven Lakes).

Population, income & housing

	Seven Lakes	Southern Pines
Population	4,823	16,052
Median age	59.5 yrs	38.6 yrs
Median household income	$91,495	$83,681
Median home value	$365,500	$416,300
Median gross rent	$900	$1,215
Housing units	2,540	8,711
Homeownership rate	91.7%	56.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.1%	54.7%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Seven Lakes	Southern Pines
Population	4,903 → 4,823 (-1.6%)	14,022 → 16,052 (+14.5%)
Median household income	$82,969 → $91,495 (+10.3%)	$58,843 → $83,681 (+42.2%)
Median home value	$290,000 → $365,500 (+26.0%)	$289,700 → $416,300 (+43.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,167 → $900 (-22.9%)	$912 → $1,215 (+33.2%)

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

Southern Pines

Population

14,02216,052

Median household income

$58,843$83,681

Median home value

$289,700$416,300

Median gross rent

$912$1,215

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Seven Lakes	Southern Pines
Under 5	1.2%	8.2%
5 to 17	14.8%	11.6%
18 to 24	5.8%	6.9%
25 to 34	4.1%	16.0%
35 to 44	5.0%	12.4%
45 to 54	12.5%	9.3%
55 to 64	12.3%	7.2%
65 to 74	24.4%	12.2%
75 and over	19.9%	16.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Seven Lakes	Southern Pines
White (non-Hispanic)	82.1%	73.9%
Black or African American	4.8%	11.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.5%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	10.1%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.5%	6.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Seven Lakes	Southern Pines
No high school diploma	0.0%	6.7%
High school graduate	20.2%	15.9%
Some college or associate's	33.7%	22.7%
Bachelor's degree	27.6%	32.1%
Graduate or professional degree	18.6%	22.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Seven Lakes	Southern Pines
Drove alone	77.5%	74.9%
Carpooled	12.4%	2.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.7%
Walked	0.0%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.8%	14.1%
Other means	2.3%	6.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Seven Lakes	Southern Pines
1-unit, detached	92.6%	55.0%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	8.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	11.4%
5 to 19 units	0.4%	14.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	9.4%
Mobile home & other	5.9%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Seven Lakes	Southern Pines
Poverty rate	7.7%	10.0%
Average household size	2.42	2.12
Mean commute (minutes)	33	24
Median year structure built	1996	1994