Garysburg vs Lasker

A side-by-side comparison of Garysburg and Lasker: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Garysburg has the higher population (636 vs 169 in Lasker). Lasker has the higher median household income ($64,167 vs $37,500 in Garysburg). Lasker has the higher median home value ($115,300 vs $106,600 in Garysburg).

Population, income & housing

	Garysburg	Lasker
Population	636	169
Median age	54.7 yrs	33.8 yrs
Median household income	$37,500	$64,167
Median home value	$106,600	$115,300
Median gross rent	$883	—
Housing units	512	65
Homeownership rate	64.7%	78.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.3%	4.9%
Unemployment rate	8.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Garysburg	Lasker
Population	880 → 636 (-27.7%)	173 → 169 (-2.3%)
Median household income	$28,421 → $37,500 (+31.9%)	$80,625 → $64,167 (-20.4%)
Median home value	$74,000 → $106,600 (+44.1%)	$68,300 → $115,300 (+68.8%)
Median gross rent	$844 → $883 (+4.6%)	$635 → $654 (+3.0%)

Garysburg

Population

880636

Median household income

$28,421$37,500

Median home value

$74,000$106,600

Median gross rent

$844$883

Lasker

Population

173169

Median household income

$80,625$64,167

Median home value

$68,300$115,300

Median gross rent

$635$654

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Garysburg	Lasker
Under 5	1.3%	13.0%
5 to 17	12.9%	21.9%
18 to 24	8.6%	4.1%
25 to 34	4.9%	13.6%
35 to 44	4.1%	0.6%
45 to 54	21.7%	9.5%
55 to 64	14.3%	18.9%
65 to 74	25.2%	12.4%
75 and over	7.1%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Garysburg	Lasker
White (non-Hispanic)	0.3%	100.0%
Black or African American	97.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.7%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Garysburg	Lasker
No high school diploma	20.8%	7.8%
High school graduate	25.3%	40.8%
Some college or associate's	25.7%	46.6%
Bachelor's degree	9.6%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	18.7%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Garysburg	Lasker
Drove alone	90.6%	91.7%
Carpooled	3.1%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	8.3%
Other means	3.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Garysburg	Lasker
1-unit, detached	72.3%	95.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	27.7%	4.6%

Poverty & households

	Garysburg	Lasker
Poverty rate	16.7%	6.5%
Average household size	1.80	2.82
Mean commute (minutes)	19	20
Median year structure built	1970	1947