Lumberton vs Pembroke

A side-by-side comparison of Lumberton and Pembroke: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lumberton has the higher population (19,220 vs 2,823 in Pembroke). Lumberton has the higher median household income ($43,114 vs $22,940 in Pembroke). Lumberton has the higher median home value ($140,100 vs $114,700 in Pembroke).

Population, income & housing

	Lumberton	Pembroke
Population	19,220	2,823
Median age	35.6 yrs	24.8 yrs
Median household income	$43,114	$22,940
Median home value	$140,100	$114,700
Median gross rent	$824	$700
Housing units	8,385	1,322
Homeownership rate	45.1%	29.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.3%	18.3%
Unemployment rate	7.7%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lumberton	Pembroke
Population	20,928 → 19,220 (-8.2%)	3,002 → 2,823 (-6.0%)
Median household income	$36,935 → $43,114 (+16.7%)	$24,034 → $22,940 (-4.6%)
Median home value	$109,800 → $140,100 (+27.6%)	$89,500 → $114,700 (+28.2%)
Median gross rent	$694 → $824 (+18.7%)	$573 → $700 (+22.2%)

Lumberton

Population

20,92819,220

Median household income

$36,935$43,114

Median home value

$109,800$140,100

Median gross rent

$694$824

Pembroke

Population

3,0022,823

Median household income

$24,034$22,940

Median home value

$89,500$114,700

Median gross rent

$573$700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lumberton	Pembroke
Under 5	8.3%	11.3%
5 to 17	19.7%	15.8%
18 to 24	7.7%	23.8%
25 to 34	13.6%	13.6%
35 to 44	12.3%	4.9%
45 to 54	10.6%	9.1%
55 to 64	11.1%	8.4%
65 to 74	8.8%	8.5%
75 and over	7.9%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lumberton	Pembroke
White (non-Hispanic)	34.0%	10.9%
Black or African American	37.9%	14.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	13.2%	68.8%
Asian	1.6%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.4%
Two or more races	2.5%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	10.6%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lumberton	Pembroke
No high school diploma	20.5%	17.2%
High school graduate	30.4%	33.4%
Some college or associate's	27.8%	31.1%
Bachelor's degree	12.4%	10.8%
Graduate or professional degree	8.9%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lumberton	Pembroke
Drove alone	81.7%	84.6%
Carpooled	11.6%	5.9%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.5%	5.7%
Other means	1.0%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lumberton	Pembroke
1-unit, detached	62.4%	41.4%
1-unit, attached	6.1%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	14.2%	20.0%
5 to 19 units	8.2%	15.0%
20 or more units	3.0%	14.8%
Mobile home & other	6.2%	6.6%

Poverty & households

	Lumberton	Pembroke
Poverty rate	31.0%	43.7%
Average household size	2.56	2.20
Mean commute (minutes)	19	20
Median year structure built	1975	1982