Seven Lakes vs Whispering Pines

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

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

Whispering Pines has the higher population (5,081 vs 4,823 in Seven Lakes). Whispering Pines has the higher median household income ($112,517 vs $91,495 in Seven Lakes). Whispering Pines has the higher median home value ($452,800 vs $365,500 in Seven Lakes).

Population, income & housing

	Seven Lakes	Whispering Pines
Population	4,823	5,081
Median age	59.5 yrs	37.1 yrs
Median household income	$91,495	$112,517
Median home value	$365,500	$452,800
Median gross rent	$900	$2,122
Housing units	2,540	1,854
Homeownership rate	91.7%	79.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.1%	60.3%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Seven Lakes	Whispering Pines
Population	4,903 → 4,823 (-1.6%)	3,288 → 5,081 (+54.5%)
Median household income	$82,969 → $91,495 (+10.3%)	$79,943 → $112,517 (+40.7%)
Median home value	$290,000 → $365,500 (+26.0%)	$318,900 → $452,800 (+42.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,167 → $900 (-22.9%)	$1,490 → $2,122 (+42.4%)

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

Whispering Pines

Population

3,2885,081

Median household income

$79,943$112,517

Median home value

$318,900$452,800

Median gross rent

$1,490$2,122

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Seven Lakes	Whispering Pines
Under 5	1.2%	5.4%
5 to 17	14.8%	30.2%
18 to 24	5.8%	4.1%
25 to 34	4.1%	7.1%
35 to 44	5.0%	17.8%
45 to 54	12.5%	11.7%
55 to 64	12.3%	10.0%
65 to 74	24.4%	8.1%
75 and over	19.9%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Seven Lakes	Whispering Pines
White (non-Hispanic)	82.1%	85.9%
Black or African American	4.8%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.5%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	10.1%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	2.5%	11.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Seven Lakes	Whispering Pines
No high school diploma	0.0%	1.2%
High school graduate	20.2%	7.1%
Some college or associate's	33.7%	31.3%
Bachelor's degree	27.6%	35.3%
Graduate or professional degree	18.6%	25.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Seven Lakes	Whispering Pines
Drove alone	77.5%	80.6%
Carpooled	12.4%	3.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.8%	15.7%
Other means	2.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Seven Lakes	Whispering Pines
1-unit, detached	92.6%	96.1%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	0.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Seven Lakes	Whispering Pines
Poverty rate	7.7%	5.8%
Average household size	2.42	2.89
Mean commute (minutes)	33	30
Median year structure built	1996	1999