Elm City vs Lucama

A side-by-side comparison of Elm City and Lucama: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Elm City has the higher population (1,173 vs 1,108 in Lucama). Elm City has the higher median household income ($44,698 vs $34,583 in Lucama). Elm City has the higher median home value ($106,600 vs $98,200 in Lucama).

Population, income & housing

	Elm City	Lucama
Population	1,173	1,108
Median age	49.6 yrs	29.7 yrs
Median household income	$44,698	$34,583
Median home value	$106,600	$98,200
Median gross rent	$829	$1,009
Housing units	596	407
Homeownership rate	65.4%	39.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.9%	13.9%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	12.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elm City	Lucama
Population	1,445 → 1,173 (-18.8%)	1,186 → 1,108 (-6.6%)
Median household income	$40,451 → $44,698 (+10.5%)	$33,654 → $34,583 (+2.8%)
Median home value	$82,100 → $106,600 (+29.8%)	$76,000 → $98,200 (+29.2%)
Median gross rent	$638 → $829 (+29.9%)	$787 → $1,009 (+28.2%)

Elm City

Population

1,4451,173

Median household income

$40,451$44,698

Median home value

$82,100$106,600

Median gross rent

$638$829

Lucama

Population

1,1861,108

Median household income

$33,654$34,583

Median home value

$76,000$98,200

Median gross rent

$787$1,009

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elm City	Lucama
Under 5	2.6%	13.6%
5 to 17	13.0%	22.3%
18 to 24	8.3%	7.1%
25 to 34	11.1%	14.0%
35 to 44	10.0%	11.1%
45 to 54	14.7%	7.1%
55 to 64	13.7%	12.4%
65 to 74	19.4%	7.8%
75 and over	7.3%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elm City	Lucama
White (non-Hispanic)	28.3%	31.5%
Black or African American	65.4%	42.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	0.1%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	6.2%	24.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elm City	Lucama
No high school diploma	15.1%	32.3%
High school graduate	39.5%	29.5%
Some college or associate's	30.5%	24.2%
Bachelor's degree	8.3%	7.1%
Graduate or professional degree	6.6%	6.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elm City	Lucama
Drove alone	74.9%	83.2%
Carpooled	16.6%	15.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.6%	1.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elm City	Lucama
1-unit, detached	74.3%	43.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	14.8%	8.1%
5 to 19 units	3.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.9%	48.6%

Poverty & households

	Elm City	Lucama
Poverty rate	18.4%	26.4%
Average household size	2.24	2.92
Mean commute (minutes)	28	21
Median year structure built	1978	1976