JAARS vs Lake Park

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

JAARS 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 769 in JAARS). Lake Park has the higher median household income ($76,366 vs $64,107 in JAARS). Lake Park has the higher median home value ($296,400 vs $9,999 in JAARS).

Population, income & housing

	JAARS	Lake Park
Population	769	3,365
Median age	42.1 yrs	41.6 yrs
Median household income	$64,107	$76,366
Median home value	$9,999	$296,400
Median gross rent	—	$1,875
Housing units	242	1,283
Homeownership rate	91.6%	80.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.6%	42.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	JAARS	Lake Park
Population	443 → 769 (+73.6%)	3,798 → 3,365 (-11.4%)
Median household income	$53,462 → $64,107 (+19.9%)	$76,267 → $76,366 (+0.1%)
Median home value	$163,400 → $9,999 (-93.9%)	$197,400 → $296,400 (+50.2%)
Median gross rent	$775 → $834 (+7.6%)	$1,656 → $1,875 (+13.2%)

JAARS

Population

443769

Median household income

$53,462$64,107

Median home value

$163,400$9,999

Median gross rent

$775$834

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)

	JAARS	Lake Park
Under 5	0.0%	6.4%
5 to 17	40.6%	16.3%
18 to 24	5.5%	5.0%
25 to 34	2.7%	10.1%
35 to 44	10.0%	17.4%
45 to 54	16.8%	10.8%
55 to 64	18.5%	11.6%
65 to 74	0.0%	13.0%
75 and over	6.0%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	JAARS	Lake Park
White (non-Hispanic)	30.2%	81.4%
Black or African American	69.8%	1.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	12.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	JAARS	Lake Park
No high school diploma	22.2%	6.5%
High school graduate	36.1%	16.4%
Some college or associate's	3.1%	34.6%
Bachelor's degree	35.7%	28.9%
Graduate or professional degree	2.9%	13.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	JAARS	Lake Park
Drove alone	40.2%	75.5%
Carpooled	13.1%	6.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	46.7%	17.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	JAARS	Lake Park
1-unit, detached	31.4%	72.6%
1-unit, attached	31.8%	18.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.3%
5 to 19 units	36.8%	6.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	JAARS	Lake Park
Poverty rate	25.4%	4.4%
Average household size	4.45	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	39	27
Median year structure built	1986	1997