Silver Lake vs Wrightsboro

A side-by-side comparison of Silver Lake and Wrightsboro: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Silver Lake has the higher population (6,242 vs 5,434 in Wrightsboro). Silver Lake has the higher median household income ($73,277 vs $72,867 in Wrightsboro). Silver Lake has the higher median home value ($287,500 vs $220,700 in Wrightsboro).

Population, income & housing

	Silver Lake	Wrightsboro
Population	6,242	5,434
Median age	42.6 yrs	39.4 yrs
Median household income	$73,277	$72,867
Median home value	$287,500	$220,700
Median gross rent	$1,289	$1,072
Housing units	2,754	2,401
Homeownership rate	78.6%	77.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.0%	26.2%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Silver Lake	Wrightsboro
Population	6,476 → 6,242 (-3.6%)	4,525 → 5,434 (+20.1%)
Median household income	$52,073 → $73,277 (+40.7%)	$46,174 → $72,867 (+57.8%)
Median home value	$174,600 → $287,500 (+64.7%)	$141,800 → $220,700 (+55.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,058 → $1,289 (+21.8%)	$980 → $1,072 (+9.4%)

Silver Lake

Population

6,4766,242

Median household income

$52,073$73,277

Median home value

$174,600$287,500

Median gross rent

$1,058$1,289

Wrightsboro

Population

4,5255,434

Median household income

$46,174$72,867

Median home value

$141,800$220,700

Median gross rent

$980$1,072

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Silver Lake	Wrightsboro
Under 5	7.2%	4.7%
5 to 17	13.6%	13.5%
18 to 24	5.8%	9.5%
25 to 34	13.5%	16.6%
35 to 44	10.9%	11.2%
45 to 54	14.4%	15.3%
55 to 64	13.5%	12.1%
65 to 74	13.9%	12.5%
75 and over	7.2%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Silver Lake	Wrightsboro
White (non-Hispanic)	72.5%	60.4%
Black or African American	2.5%	21.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.7%	10.6%
Hispanic or Latino	20.3%	7.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Silver Lake	Wrightsboro
No high school diploma	9.9%	12.4%
High school graduate	17.6%	28.0%
Some college or associate's	41.5%	33.3%
Bachelor's degree	18.3%	20.0%
Graduate or professional degree	12.7%	6.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Silver Lake	Wrightsboro
Drove alone	80.2%	88.6%
Carpooled	7.2%	4.1%
Public transit	0.9%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	10.3%	6.8%
Other means	0.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Silver Lake	Wrightsboro
1-unit, detached	83.0%	87.5%
1-unit, attached	4.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.9%	8.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.4%	4.4%

Poverty & households

	Silver Lake	Wrightsboro
Poverty rate	10.5%	10.3%
Average household size	2.34	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	23	21
Median year structure built	1995	1982