Bostic vs Lake Lure

A side-by-side comparison of Bostic and Lake Lure: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lake Lure has the higher population (1,488 vs 363 in Bostic). Lake Lure has the higher median household income ($72,813 vs $56,563 in Bostic). Lake Lure has the higher median home value ($510,300 vs $156,300 in Bostic).

Population, income & housing

	Bostic	Lake Lure
Population	363	1,488
Median age	40.3 yrs	61.8 yrs
Median household income	$56,563	$72,813
Median home value	$156,300	$510,300
Median gross rent	$836	$778
Housing units	176	2,339
Homeownership rate	65.8%	86.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.8%	58.7%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bostic	Lake Lure
Population	302 → 363 (+20.2%)	1,498 → 1,488 (-0.7%)
Median household income	$33,438 → $56,563 (+69.2%)	$63,802 → $72,813 (+14.1%)
Median home value	$88,500 → $156,300 (+76.6%)	$338,600 → $510,300 (+50.7%)
Median gross rent	$508 → $836 (+64.6%)	$744 → $778 (+4.6%)

Bostic

Population

302363

Median household income

$33,438$56,563

Median home value

$88,500$156,300

Median gross rent

$508$836

Lake Lure

Population

1,4981,488

Median household income

$63,802$72,813

Median home value

$338,600$510,300

Median gross rent

$744$778

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bostic	Lake Lure
Under 5	5.8%	1.1%
5 to 17	17.6%	7.7%
18 to 24	6.3%	1.6%
25 to 34	12.4%	3.4%
35 to 44	12.4%	7.5%
45 to 54	8.0%	10.0%
55 to 64	16.5%	27.5%
65 to 74	14.6%	25.7%
75 and over	6.3%	15.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bostic	Lake Lure
White (non-Hispanic)	89.5%	82.5%
Black or African American	6.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	1.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.6%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	9.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	7.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bostic	Lake Lure
No high school diploma	16.1%	3.7%
High school graduate	19.6%	11.7%
Some college or associate's	43.5%	26.0%
Bachelor's degree	14.5%	36.1%
Graduate or professional degree	6.3%	22.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bostic	Lake Lure
Drove alone	90.6%	56.5%
Carpooled	6.9%	3.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	4.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.5%	29.1%
Other means	0.0%	5.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bostic	Lake Lure
1-unit, detached	74.4%	72.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	5.5%
2 to 4 units	2.8%	12.7%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	8.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	21.6%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Bostic	Lake Lure
Poverty rate	15.1%	8.9%
Average household size	2.49	1.82
Mean commute (minutes)	26	38
Median year structure built	1975	1986