Ellenboro vs Lake Lure

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

Ellenboro 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 899 in Ellenboro). Lake Lure has the higher median household income ($72,813 vs $50,625 in Ellenboro). Lake Lure has the higher median home value ($510,300 vs $104,500 in Ellenboro).

Population, income & housing

	Ellenboro	Lake Lure
Population	899	1,488
Median age	27.6 yrs	61.8 yrs
Median household income	$50,625	$72,813
Median home value	$104,500	$510,300
Median gross rent	$719	$778
Housing units	348	2,339
Homeownership rate	58.3%	86.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.7%	58.7%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ellenboro	Lake Lure
Population	684 → 899 (+31.4%)	1,498 → 1,488 (-0.7%)
Median household income	$29,219 → $50,625 (+73.3%)	$63,802 → $72,813 (+14.1%)
Median home value	$76,900 → $104,500 (+35.9%)	$338,600 → $510,300 (+50.7%)
Median gross rent	$715 → $719 (+0.6%)	$744 → $778 (+4.6%)

Ellenboro

Population

684899

Median household income

$29,219$50,625

Median home value

$76,900$104,500

Median gross rent

$715$719

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)

	Ellenboro	Lake Lure
Under 5	10.7%	1.1%
5 to 17	24.9%	7.7%
18 to 24	8.2%	1.6%
25 to 34	14.2%	3.4%
35 to 44	13.2%	7.5%
45 to 54	6.1%	10.0%
55 to 64	11.5%	27.5%
65 to 74	7.7%	25.7%
75 and over	3.4%	15.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ellenboro	Lake Lure
White (non-Hispanic)	82.8%	82.5%
Black or African American	7.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.3%
Asian	0.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.6%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.8%	9.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	7.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ellenboro	Lake Lure
No high school diploma	18.8%	3.7%
High school graduate	41.4%	11.7%
Some college or associate's	29.1%	26.0%
Bachelor's degree	8.1%	36.1%
Graduate or professional degree	2.6%	22.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ellenboro	Lake Lure
Drove alone	83.2%	56.5%
Carpooled	9.0%	3.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	4.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.8%	29.1%
Other means	3.0%	5.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ellenboro	Lake Lure
1-unit, detached	70.1%	72.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	5.5%
2 to 4 units	5.2%	12.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	8.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	24.7%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Ellenboro	Lake Lure
Poverty rate	24.4%	8.9%
Average household size	2.99	1.82
Mean commute (minutes)	20	38
Median year structure built	1975	1986