Lucama vs Saratoga

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

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

Lucama has the higher population (1,108 vs 306 in Saratoga). Lucama has the higher median household income ($34,583 vs $30,662 in Saratoga). Lucama has the higher median home value ($98,200 vs $95,000 in Saratoga).

Population, income & housing

	Lucama	Saratoga
Population	1,108	306
Median age	29.7 yrs	44.9 yrs
Median household income	$34,583	$30,662
Median home value	$98,200	$95,000
Median gross rent	$1,009	$752
Housing units	407	201
Homeownership rate	39.4%	66.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.9%	18.9%
Unemployment rate	12.5%	9.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lucama	Saratoga
Population	1,186 → 1,108 (-6.6%)	413 → 306 (-25.9%)
Median household income	$33,654 → $34,583 (+2.8%)	$53,750 → $30,662 (-43.0%)
Median home value	$76,000 → $98,200 (+29.2%)	$112,700 → $95,000 (-15.7%)
Median gross rent	$787 → $1,009 (+28.2%)	$1,063 → $752 (-29.3%)

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

Saratoga

Population

413306

Median household income

$53,750$30,662

Median home value

$112,700$95,000

Median gross rent

$1,063$752

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lucama	Saratoga
Under 5	13.6%	3.6%
5 to 17	22.3%	19.3%
18 to 24	7.1%	6.2%
25 to 34	14.0%	9.5%
35 to 44	11.1%	11.8%
45 to 54	7.1%	8.8%
55 to 64	12.4%	22.2%
65 to 74	7.8%	3.9%
75 and over	4.6%	14.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lucama	Saratoga
White (non-Hispanic)	31.5%	33.0%
Black or African American	42.5%	63.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.3%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	24.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lucama	Saratoga
No high school diploma	32.3%	5.5%
High school graduate	29.5%	43.8%
Some college or associate's	24.2%	31.8%
Bachelor's degree	7.1%	15.2%
Graduate or professional degree	6.8%	3.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lucama	Saratoga
Drove alone	83.2%	75.6%
Carpooled	15.8%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.0%	19.7%
Other means	0.0%	4.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lucama	Saratoga
1-unit, detached	43.2%	87.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	48.6%	12.9%

Poverty & households

	Lucama	Saratoga
Poverty rate	26.4%	29.1%
Average household size	2.92	2.08
Mean commute (minutes)	21	24
Median year structure built	1976	1982