Lake Park vs Marvin

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

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

Marvin has the higher population (6,542 vs 3,365 in Lake Park). Marvin has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $76,366 in Lake Park). Marvin has the higher median home value ($860,600 vs $296,400 in Lake Park).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Park	Marvin
Population	3,365	6,542
Median age	41.6 yrs	40.8 yrs
Median household income	$76,366	$250,001
Median home value	$296,400	$860,600
Median gross rent	$1,875	—
Housing units	1,283	1,871
Homeownership rate	80.0%	99.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.5%	79.7%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Park	Marvin
Population	3,798 → 3,365 (-11.4%)	6,553 → 6,542 (-0.2%)
Median household income	$76,267 → $76,366 (+0.1%)	$206,469 → $250,001 (+21.1%)
Median home value	$197,400 → $296,400 (+50.2%)	$677,800 → $860,600 (+27.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,656 → $1,875 (+13.2%)	—

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

Marvin

Population

6,5536,542

Median household income

$206,469$250,001

Median home value

$677,800$860,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Park	Marvin
Under 5	6.4%	3.7%
5 to 17	16.3%	28.3%
18 to 24	5.0%	7.7%
25 to 34	10.1%	3.2%
35 to 44	17.4%	15.2%
45 to 54	10.8%	19.7%
55 to 64	11.6%	10.6%
65 to 74	13.0%	8.2%
75 and over	9.5%	3.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Park	Marvin
White (non-Hispanic)	81.4%	66.3%
Black or African American	1.6%	7.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	18.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.7%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	12.5%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Park	Marvin
No high school diploma	6.5%	4.9%
High school graduate	16.4%	5.3%
Some college or associate's	34.6%	10.1%
Bachelor's degree	28.9%	39.3%
Graduate or professional degree	13.6%	40.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Park	Marvin
Drove alone	75.5%	54.1%
Carpooled	6.3%	3.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	0.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.8%	39.4%
Other means	0.1%	2.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Park	Marvin
1-unit, detached	72.6%	98.1%
1-unit, attached	18.6%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	2.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	6.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Lake Park	Marvin
Poverty rate	4.4%	6.6%
Average household size	2.59	3.50
Mean commute (minutes)	27	29
Median year structure built	1997	2005