Hemby Bridge vs Lake Park

A side-by-side comparison of Hemby Bridge and Lake Park: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lake Park has the higher population (3,365 vs 2,079 in Hemby Bridge). Lake Park has the higher median household income ($76,366 vs $71,953 in Hemby Bridge). Lake Park has the higher median home value ($296,400 vs $262,300 in Hemby Bridge).

Population, income & housing

	Hemby Bridge	Lake Park
Population	2,079	3,365
Median age	40.6 yrs	41.6 yrs
Median household income	$71,953	$76,366
Median home value	$262,300	$296,400
Median gross rent	$1,229	$1,875
Housing units	803	1,283
Homeownership rate	79.4%	80.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.5%	42.5%
Unemployment rate	0.6%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hemby Bridge	Lake Park
Population	1,978 → 2,079 (+5.1%)	3,798 → 3,365 (-11.4%)
Median household income	$73,125 → $71,953 (-1.6%)	$76,267 → $76,366 (+0.1%)
Median home value	$144,200 → $262,300 (+81.9%)	$197,400 → $296,400 (+50.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,016 → $1,229 (+21.0%)	$1,656 → $1,875 (+13.2%)

Hemby Bridge

Population

1,9782,079

Median household income

$73,125$71,953

Median home value

$144,200$262,300

Median gross rent

$1,016$1,229

Lake Park

Population

3,7983,365

Median household income

$76,267$76,366

Median home value

$197,400$296,400

Median gross rent

$1,656$1,875

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hemby Bridge	Lake Park
Under 5	5.4%	6.4%
5 to 17	21.9%	16.3%
18 to 24	3.2%	5.0%
25 to 34	7.8%	10.1%
35 to 44	19.3%	17.4%
45 to 54	12.3%	10.8%
55 to 64	13.0%	11.6%
65 to 74	7.5%	13.0%
75 and over	9.5%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hemby Bridge	Lake Park
White (non-Hispanic)	69.3%	81.4%
Black or African American	4.9%	1.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.5%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	4.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.9%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	16.3%	12.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hemby Bridge	Lake Park
No high school diploma	19.9%	6.5%
High school graduate	34.3%	16.4%
Some college or associate's	25.3%	34.6%
Bachelor's degree	16.4%	28.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.1%	13.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hemby Bridge	Lake Park
Drove alone	80.0%	75.5%
Carpooled	4.1%	6.3%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.3%	17.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hemby Bridge	Lake Park
1-unit, detached	93.3%	72.6%
1-unit, attached	3.1%	18.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.3%
5 to 19 units	0.6%	6.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Hemby Bridge	Lake Park
Poverty rate	20.0%	4.4%
Average household size	2.67	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	25	27
Median year structure built	1974	1997