Lake Park vs Unionville

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

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

Unionville has the higher population (6,826 vs 3,365 in Lake Park). Unionville has the higher median household income ($92,009 vs $76,366 in Lake Park). Unionville has the higher median home value ($312,200 vs $296,400 in Lake Park).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Park	Unionville
Population	3,365	6,826
Median age	41.6 yrs	37.9 yrs
Median household income	$76,366	$92,009
Median home value	$296,400	$312,200
Median gross rent	$1,875	$1,060
Housing units	1,283	2,465
Homeownership rate	80.0%	88.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.5%	25.6%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Park	Unionville
Population	3,798 → 3,365 (-11.4%)	6,959 → 6,826 (-1.9%)
Median household income	$76,267 → $76,366 (+0.1%)	$80,151 → $92,009 (+14.8%)
Median home value	$197,400 → $296,400 (+50.2%)	$214,000 → $312,200 (+45.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,656 → $1,875 (+13.2%)	$849 → $1,060 (+24.9%)

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

Unionville

Population

6,9596,826

Median household income

$80,151$92,009

Median home value

$214,000$312,200

Median gross rent

$849$1,060

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Park	Unionville
Under 5	6.4%	3.7%
5 to 17	16.3%	23.2%
18 to 24	5.0%	6.7%
25 to 34	10.1%	14.8%
35 to 44	17.4%	12.2%
45 to 54	10.8%	13.1%
55 to 64	11.6%	14.5%
65 to 74	13.0%	7.7%
75 and over	9.5%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Park	Unionville
White (non-Hispanic)	81.4%	90.3%
Black or African American	1.6%	2.0%
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%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	12.5%	4.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Park	Unionville
No high school diploma	6.5%	7.1%
High school graduate	16.4%	30.5%
Some college or associate's	34.6%	36.7%
Bachelor's degree	28.9%	18.8%
Graduate or professional degree	13.6%	6.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Park	Unionville
Drove alone	75.5%	85.5%
Carpooled	6.3%	5.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.8%	9.1%
Other means	0.1%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Park	Unionville
1-unit, detached	72.6%	90.3%
1-unit, attached	18.6%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	2.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	6.5%	1.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	8.2%

Poverty & households

	Lake Park	Unionville
Poverty rate	4.4%	9.4%
Average household size	2.59	2.80
Mean commute (minutes)	27	30
Median year structure built	1997	1993