Laurinburg vs Wagram

A side-by-side comparison of Laurinburg and Wagram: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Laurinburg has the higher population (15,079 vs 899 in Wagram). Wagram has the higher median household income ($53,516 vs $39,258 in Laurinburg). Laurinburg has the higher median home value ($121,500 vs $107,100 in Wagram).

Population, income & housing

	Laurinburg	Wagram
Population	15,079	899
Median age	37.9 yrs	47.7 yrs
Median household income	$39,258	$53,516
Median home value	$121,500	$107,100
Median gross rent	$766	$807
Housing units	6,289	417
Homeownership rate	45.7%	68.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.8%	17.5%
Unemployment rate	10.3%	8.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Laurinburg	Wagram
Population	15,119 → 15,079 (-0.3%)	773 → 899 (+16.3%)
Median household income	$30,862 → $39,258 (+27.2%)	$44,318 → $53,516 (+20.8%)
Median home value	$103,200 → $121,500 (+17.7%)	$82,600 → $107,100 (+29.7%)
Median gross rent	$693 → $766 (+10.5%)	$766 → $807 (+5.4%)

Laurinburg

Population

15,11915,079

Median household income

$30,862$39,258

Median home value

$103,200$121,500

Median gross rent

$693$766

Wagram

Population

773899

Median household income

$44,318$53,516

Median home value

$82,600$107,100

Median gross rent

$766$807

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Laurinburg	Wagram
Under 5	6.8%	3.3%
5 to 17	16.9%	10.6%
18 to 24	10.2%	13.6%
25 to 34	12.8%	12.5%
35 to 44	10.8%	8.0%
45 to 54	11.3%	16.0%
55 to 64	13.6%	14.1%
65 to 74	10.2%	13.5%
75 and over	7.6%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Laurinburg	Wagram
White (non-Hispanic)	33.2%	42.6%
Black or African American	48.0%	42.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	7.4%	6.3%
Asian	2.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.3%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	4.2%	5.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Laurinburg	Wagram
No high school diploma	16.7%	9.8%
High school graduate	35.8%	31.3%
Some college or associate's	28.7%	41.4%
Bachelor's degree	11.7%	11.2%
Graduate or professional degree	7.1%	6.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Laurinburg	Wagram
Drove alone	80.0%	87.5%
Carpooled	10.4%	7.1%
Public transit	0.1%	0.5%
Walked	0.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.9%	3.0%
Other means	0.5%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Laurinburg	Wagram
1-unit, detached	64.6%	89.4%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	15.5%	2.2%
5 to 19 units	9.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.4%	8.4%

Poverty & households

	Laurinburg	Wagram
Poverty rate	32.0%	8.9%
Average household size	2.63	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	20	27
Median year structure built	1974	1969