Lucama vs Stantonsburg

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

Lucama and Stantonsburg 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 949 in Stantonsburg). Stantonsburg has the higher median household income ($58,929 vs $34,583 in Lucama). Stantonsburg has the higher median home value ($120,200 vs $98,200 in Lucama).

Population, income & housing

	Lucama	Stantonsburg
Population	1,108	949
Median age	29.7 yrs	42.5 yrs
Median household income	$34,583	$58,929
Median home value	$98,200	$120,200
Median gross rent	$1,009	$983
Housing units	407	419
Homeownership rate	39.4%	71.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.9%	14.6%
Unemployment rate	12.5%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lucama	Stantonsburg
Population	1,186 → 1,108 (-6.6%)	633 → 949 (+49.9%)
Median household income	$33,654 → $34,583 (+2.8%)	$46,458 → $58,929 (+26.8%)
Median home value	$76,000 → $98,200 (+29.2%)	$81,400 → $120,200 (+47.7%)
Median gross rent	$787 → $1,009 (+28.2%)	$676 → $983 (+45.4%)

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

Stantonsburg

Population

633949

Median household income

$46,458$58,929

Median home value

$81,400$120,200

Median gross rent

$676$983

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lucama	Stantonsburg
Under 5	13.6%	2.5%
5 to 17	22.3%	15.3%
18 to 24	7.1%	16.0%
25 to 34	14.0%	11.6%
35 to 44	11.1%	6.6%
45 to 54	7.1%	20.9%
55 to 64	12.4%	15.3%
65 to 74	7.8%	7.0%
75 and over	4.6%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lucama	Stantonsburg
White (non-Hispanic)	31.5%	35.2%
Black or African American	42.5%	37.2%
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%	9.9%
Hispanic or Latino	24.5%	17.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lucama	Stantonsburg
No high school diploma	32.3%	8.9%
High school graduate	29.5%	49.4%
Some college or associate's	24.2%	27.1%
Bachelor's degree	7.1%	10.8%
Graduate or professional degree	6.8%	3.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lucama	Stantonsburg
Drove alone	83.2%	91.3%
Carpooled	15.8%	6.3%
Public transit	0.0%	1.7%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.0%	0.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lucama	Stantonsburg
1-unit, detached	43.2%	86.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.1%	3.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	48.6%	9.5%

Poverty & households

	Lucama	Stantonsburg
Poverty rate	26.4%	24.0%
Average household size	2.92	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	21	27
Median year structure built	1976	1979