Lake Wylie vs York

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

Lake Wylie and York 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 8,697 in York). Lake Wylie has the higher median household income ($112,113 vs $47,315 in York). Lake Wylie has the higher median home value ($464,200 vs $161,000 in York).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Wylie	York
Population	15,177	8,697
Median age	38.7 yrs	36.9 yrs
Median household income	$112,113	$47,315
Median home value	$464,200	$161,000
Median gross rent	$1,517	$833
Housing units	6,153	3,799
Homeownership rate	77.5%	62.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.4%	15.9%
Unemployment rate	6.8%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Wylie	York
Population	12,885 → 15,177 (+17.8%)	8,144 → 8,697 (+6.8%)
Median household income	$99,335 → $112,113 (+12.9%)	$39,969 → $47,315 (+18.4%)
Median home value	$322,200 → $464,200 (+44.1%)	$138,800 → $161,000 (+16.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,156 → $1,517 (+31.2%)	$651 → $833 (+28.0%)

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

York

Population

8,1448,697

Median household income

$39,969$47,315

Median home value

$138,800$161,000

Median gross rent

$651$833

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Wylie	York
Under 5	6.4%	6.4%
5 to 17	21.6%	20.8%
18 to 24	8.4%	8.8%
25 to 34	10.7%	12.3%
35 to 44	11.8%	14.2%
45 to 54	17.2%	10.1%
55 to 64	11.1%	13.6%
65 to 74	8.6%	8.0%
75 and over	4.3%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Wylie	York
White (non-Hispanic)	77.3%	47.8%
Black or African American	10.2%	27.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.6%
Asian	2.1%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	4.7%
Two or more races	3.2%	7.6%
Hispanic or Latino	7.1%	11.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Wylie	York
No high school diploma	1.9%	18.0%
High school graduate	15.0%	36.5%
Some college or associate's	36.7%	29.7%
Bachelor's degree	30.2%	10.3%
Graduate or professional degree	16.2%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Wylie	York
Drove alone	71.6%	81.8%
Carpooled	6.1%	11.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.4%	2.9%
Other means	1.5%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Wylie	York
1-unit, detached	69.9%	71.7%
1-unit, attached	10.1%	3.7%
2 to 4 units	1.1%	9.2%
5 to 19 units	9.8%	3.3%
20 or more units	6.5%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	2.6%	10.7%

Poverty & households

	Lake Wylie	York
Poverty rate	10.7%	16.1%
Average household size	2.71	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	31	29
Median year structure built	2006	1979