Lumber Bridge vs Orrum

A side-by-side comparison of Lumber Bridge and Orrum: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lumber Bridge has the higher population (65 vs 56 in Orrum). Lumber Bridge has the higher median household income ($63,750 vs $23,000 in Orrum). Lumber Bridge has the higher median home value ($160,000 vs $77,500 in Orrum).

Population, income & housing

	Lumber Bridge	Orrum
Population	65	56
Median age	43.8 yrs	58.0 yrs
Median household income	$63,750	$23,000
Median home value	$160,000	$77,500
Median gross rent	$1,042	—
Housing units	48	38
Homeownership rate	68.6%	83.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.0%	2.0%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lumber Bridge	Orrum
Population	75 → 65 (-13.3%)	61 → 56 (-8.2%)
Median household income	$35,000 → $63,750 (+82.1%)	$36,667 → $23,000 (-37.3%)
Median home value	$109,400 → $160,000 (+46.3%)	$56,300 → $77,500 (+37.7%)
Median gross rent	$725 → $1,042 (+43.7%)	—

Lumber Bridge

Population

7565

Median household income

$35,000$63,750

Median home value

$109,400$160,000

Median gross rent

$725$1,042

Orrum

Population

6156

Median household income

$36,667$23,000

Median home value

$56,300$77,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lumber Bridge	Orrum
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	20.0%	8.9%
18 to 24	3.1%	3.6%
25 to 34	13.8%	0.0%
35 to 44	13.8%	3.6%
45 to 54	9.2%	12.5%
55 to 64	13.8%	42.9%
65 to 74	13.8%	14.3%
75 and over	12.3%	14.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lumber Bridge	Orrum
White (non-Hispanic)	75.4%	42.9%
Black or African American	9.2%	14.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	6.2%	0.0%
Asian	3.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.2%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	42.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lumber Bridge	Orrum
No high school diploma	12.0%	30.6%
High school graduate	52.0%	38.8%
Some college or associate's	24.0%	28.6%
Bachelor's degree	12.0%	2.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lumber Bridge	Orrum
Drove alone	75.0%	100.0%
Carpooled	3.6%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	7.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	7.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.1%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lumber Bridge	Orrum
1-unit, detached	91.7%	47.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	10.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.3%	42.1%

Poverty & households

	Lumber Bridge	Orrum
Poverty rate	10.8%	28.6%
Average household size	1.86	1.87
Mean commute (minutes)	13	—
Median year structure built	1955	1982