Lake Park vs Marshville

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

Lake Park and Marshville 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 2,586 in Marshville). Lake Park has the higher median household income ($76,366 vs $60,784 in Marshville). Lake Park has the higher median home value ($296,400 vs $147,100 in Marshville).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Park	Marshville
Population	3,365	2,586
Median age	41.6 yrs	36.2 yrs
Median household income	$76,366	$60,784
Median home value	$296,400	$147,100
Median gross rent	$1,875	$1,063
Housing units	1,283	960
Homeownership rate	80.0%	56.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.5%	13.3%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	10.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Park	Marshville
Population	3,798 → 3,365 (-11.4%)	2,714 → 2,586 (-4.7%)
Median household income	$76,267 → $76,366 (+0.1%)	$44,875 → $60,784 (+35.5%)
Median home value	$197,400 → $296,400 (+50.2%)	$105,000 → $147,100 (+40.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,656 → $1,875 (+13.2%)	$841 → $1,063 (+26.4%)

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

Marshville

Population

2,7142,586

Median household income

$44,875$60,784

Median home value

$105,000$147,100

Median gross rent

$841$1,063

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Park	Marshville
Under 5	6.4%	6.4%
5 to 17	16.3%	23.2%
18 to 24	5.0%	8.9%
25 to 34	10.1%	9.7%
35 to 44	17.4%	16.7%
45 to 54	10.8%	12.5%
55 to 64	11.6%	9.4%
65 to 74	13.0%	6.3%
75 and over	9.5%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Park	Marshville
White (non-Hispanic)	81.4%	45.1%
Black or African American	1.6%	45.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.7%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	12.5%	7.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Park	Marshville
No high school diploma	6.5%	18.4%
High school graduate	16.4%	33.6%
Some college or associate's	34.6%	34.7%
Bachelor's degree	28.9%	9.3%
Graduate or professional degree	13.6%	4.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Park	Marshville
Drove alone	75.5%	81.0%
Carpooled	6.3%	10.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.3%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.8%	7.9%
Other means	0.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Park	Marshville
1-unit, detached	72.6%	81.8%
1-unit, attached	18.6%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	2.3%	9.8%
5 to 19 units	6.5%	2.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	3.9%

Poverty & households

	Lake Park	Marshville
Poverty rate	4.4%	18.0%
Average household size	2.59	2.95
Mean commute (minutes)	27	30
Median year structure built	1997	1972