Lucama vs Wilson

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

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

Wilson has the higher population (47,740 vs 1,108 in Lucama). Wilson has the higher median household income ($47,294 vs $34,583 in Lucama). Wilson has the higher median home value ($192,000 vs $98,200 in Lucama).

Population, income & housing

	Lucama	Wilson
Population	1,108	47,740
Median age	29.7 yrs	39.1 yrs
Median household income	$34,583	$47,294
Median home value	$98,200	$192,000
Median gross rent	$1,009	$925
Housing units	407	22,358
Homeownership rate	39.4%	48.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.9%	22.8%
Unemployment rate	12.5%	7.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lucama	Wilson
Population	1,186 → 1,108 (-6.6%)	49,272 → 47,740 (-3.1%)
Median household income	$33,654 → $34,583 (+2.8%)	$42,036 → $47,294 (+12.5%)
Median home value	$76,000 → $98,200 (+29.2%)	$142,700 → $192,000 (+34.5%)
Median gross rent	$787 → $1,009 (+28.2%)	$762 → $925 (+21.4%)

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

Wilson

Population

49,27247,740

Median household income

$42,036$47,294

Median home value

$142,700$192,000

Median gross rent

$762$925

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lucama	Wilson
Under 5	13.6%	5.4%
5 to 17	22.3%	17.8%
18 to 24	7.1%	9.0%
25 to 34	14.0%	13.2%
35 to 44	11.1%	11.5%
45 to 54	7.1%	12.1%
55 to 64	12.4%	13.1%
65 to 74	7.8%	11.2%
75 and over	4.6%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lucama	Wilson
White (non-Hispanic)	31.5%	35.2%
Black or African American	42.5%	48.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.8%
Two or more races	1.3%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	24.5%	11.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lucama	Wilson
No high school diploma	32.3%	15.6%
High school graduate	29.5%	32.8%
Some college or associate's	24.2%	28.8%
Bachelor's degree	7.1%	13.7%
Graduate or professional degree	6.8%	9.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lucama	Wilson
Drove alone	83.2%	80.7%
Carpooled	15.8%	9.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	0.0%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.0%	6.0%
Other means	0.0%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lucama	Wilson
1-unit, detached	43.2%	60.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.8%
2 to 4 units	8.1%	19.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	8.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.1%
Mobile home & other	48.6%	4.1%

Poverty & households

	Lucama	Wilson
Poverty rate	26.4%	25.1%
Average household size	2.92	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	21	21
Median year structure built	1976	1983