Lake Wylie vs Tega Cay

A side-by-side comparison of Lake Wylie and Tega Cay: population, income, housing, and more.

Lake Wylie and Tega Cay are places in South Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Lake Wylie has the higher population (15,177 vs 13,267 in Tega Cay). Tega Cay has the higher median household income ($141,037 vs $112,113 in Lake Wylie). Tega Cay has the higher median home value ($494,500 vs $464,200 in Lake Wylie).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Wylie	Tega Cay
Population	15,177	13,267
Median age	38.7 yrs	41.5 yrs
Median household income	$112,113	$141,037
Median home value	$464,200	$494,500
Median gross rent	$1,517	$1,307
Housing units	6,153	4,862
Homeownership rate	77.5%	85.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.4%	65.7%
Unemployment rate	6.8%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Wylie	Tega Cay
Population	12,885 → 15,177 (+17.8%)	10,412 → 13,267 (+27.4%)
Median household income	$99,335 → $112,113 (+12.9%)	$130,918 → $141,037 (+7.7%)
Median home value	$322,200 → $464,200 (+44.1%)	$331,100 → $494,500 (+49.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,156 → $1,517 (+31.2%)	$1,453 → $1,307 (-10.0%)

Lake Wylie

Population

12,88515,177

Median household income

$99,335$112,113

Median home value

$322,200$464,200

Median gross rent

$1,156$1,517

Tega Cay

Population

10,41213,267

Median household income

$130,918$141,037

Median home value

$331,100$494,500

Median gross rent

$1,453$1,307

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Wylie	Tega Cay
Under 5	6.4%	4.8%
5 to 17	21.6%	20.4%
18 to 24	8.4%	4.1%
25 to 34	10.7%	4.8%
35 to 44	11.8%	22.0%
45 to 54	17.2%	14.4%
55 to 64	11.1%	12.2%
65 to 74	8.6%	11.6%
75 and over	4.3%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Wylie	Tega Cay
White (non-Hispanic)	77.3%	69.3%
Black or African American	10.2%	4.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	2.1%	10.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.2%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	7.1%	12.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Wylie	Tega Cay
No high school diploma	1.9%	1.2%
High school graduate	15.0%	15.2%
Some college or associate's	36.7%	17.9%
Bachelor's degree	30.2%	35.5%
Graduate or professional degree	16.2%	30.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Wylie	Tega Cay
Drove alone	71.6%	64.9%
Carpooled	6.1%	8.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	1.4%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.4%	25.8%
Other means	1.5%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Wylie	Tega Cay
1-unit, detached	69.9%	76.8%
1-unit, attached	10.1%	7.7%
2 to 4 units	1.1%	1.2%
5 to 19 units	9.8%	2.0%
20 or more units	6.5%	7.1%
Mobile home & other	2.6%	5.2%

Poverty & households

	Lake Wylie	Tega Cay
Poverty rate	10.7%	0.6%
Average household size	2.71	2.78
Mean commute (minutes)	31	28
Median year structure built	2006	2006