Lowgap vs White Plains

A side-by-side comparison of Lowgap and White Plains: population, income, housing, and more.

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

White Plains has the higher population (876 vs 226 in Lowgap). Lowgap has the higher median household income ($68,750 vs $52,813 in White Plains). Since 2019, White Plains's population has grown faster (-19.9% vs -46.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Lowgap	White Plains
Population	226	876
Median age	46.3 yrs	54.3 yrs
Median household income	$68,750	$52,813
Median home value	—	$233,900
Median gross rent	$706	$545
Housing units	156	492
Homeownership rate	48.5%	75.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	24.0%
Unemployment rate	19.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lowgap	White Plains
Population	425 → 226 (-46.8%)	1,094 → 876 (-19.9%)
Median household income	$77,083 → $68,750 (-10.8%)	$43,984 → $52,813 (+20.1%)
Median home value	—	$99,800 → $233,900 (+134.4%)
Median gross rent	$707 → $706 (-0.1%)	$503 → $545 (+8.3%)

Lowgap

Population

425226

Median household income

$77,083$68,750

Median gross rent

$707$706

White Plains

Population

1,094876

Median household income

$43,984$52,813

Median home value

$99,800$233,900

Median gross rent

$503$545

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lowgap	White Plains
Under 5	4.9%	1.9%
5 to 17	18.6%	14.4%
18 to 24	8.8%	3.3%
25 to 34	15.0%	4.3%
35 to 44	0.0%	4.9%
45 to 54	14.2%	25.0%
55 to 64	23.9%	17.8%
65 to 74	2.7%	15.9%
75 and over	11.9%	12.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lowgap	White Plains
White (non-Hispanic)	74.8%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	25.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lowgap	White Plains
No high school diploma	17.6%	14.3%
High school graduate	37.9%	31.3%
Some college or associate's	44.4%	30.4%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	11.6%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	12.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lowgap	White Plains
Drove alone	59.3%	91.4%
Carpooled	40.7%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	8.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lowgap	White Plains
1-unit, detached	83.3%	66.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	8.7%
5 to 19 units	12.8%	3.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.8%	20.9%

Poverty & households

	Lowgap	White Plains
Poverty rate	0.0%	12.1%
Average household size	3.32	2.05
Mean commute (minutes)	51	39
Median year structure built	1947	1971