Lake Park vs Wingate

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

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

Wingate has the higher population (4,169 vs 3,365 in Lake Park). Lake Park has the higher median household income ($76,366 vs $65,208 in Wingate). Lake Park has the higher median home value ($296,400 vs $217,700 in Wingate).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Park	Wingate
Population	3,365	4,169
Median age	41.6 yrs	21.6 yrs
Median household income	$76,366	$65,208
Median home value	$296,400	$217,700
Median gross rent	$1,875	$1,050
Housing units	1,283	1,082
Homeownership rate	80.0%	61.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.5%	32.5%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Park	Wingate
Population	3,798 → 3,365 (-11.4%)	4,258 → 4,169 (-2.1%)
Median household income	$76,267 → $76,366 (+0.1%)	$50,583 → $65,208 (+28.9%)
Median home value	$197,400 → $296,400 (+50.2%)	$146,700 → $217,700 (+48.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,656 → $1,875 (+13.2%)	$868 → $1,050 (+21.0%)

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

Wingate

Population

4,2584,169

Median household income

$50,583$65,208

Median home value

$146,700$217,700

Median gross rent

$868$1,050

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Park	Wingate
Under 5	6.4%	3.3%
5 to 17	16.3%	13.0%
18 to 24	5.0%	49.5%
25 to 34	10.1%	7.1%
35 to 44	17.4%	8.2%
45 to 54	10.8%	6.0%
55 to 64	11.6%	3.8%
65 to 74	13.0%	4.3%
75 and over	9.5%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Park	Wingate
White (non-Hispanic)	81.4%	45.6%
Black or African American	1.6%	21.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	1.0%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.7%	5.9%
Hispanic or Latino	12.5%	25.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Park	Wingate
No high school diploma	6.5%	16.2%
High school graduate	16.4%	25.2%
Some college or associate's	34.6%	26.0%
Bachelor's degree	28.9%	23.7%
Graduate or professional degree	13.6%	8.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Park	Wingate
Drove alone	75.5%	51.3%
Carpooled	6.3%	19.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.3%	13.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.8%	15.3%
Other means	0.1%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Park	Wingate
1-unit, detached	72.6%	82.2%
1-unit, attached	18.6%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	2.3%	11.0%
5 to 19 units	6.5%	3.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.7%

Poverty & households

	Lake Park	Wingate
Poverty rate	4.4%	17.7%
Average household size	2.59	2.92
Mean commute (minutes)	27	23
Median year structure built	1997	1985