Lake Wilderness vs Spotsylvania Courthouse

A side-by-side comparison of Lake Wilderness and Spotsylvania Courthouse: population, income, housing, and more.

Lake Wilderness and Spotsylvania Courthouse are places in Virginia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Spotsylvania Courthouse has the higher population (6,793 vs 3,255 in Lake Wilderness). Lake Wilderness has the higher median household income ($115,781 vs $85,321 in Spotsylvania Courthouse). Spotsylvania Courthouse has the higher median home value ($366,900 vs $325,700 in Lake Wilderness).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Wilderness	Spotsylvania Courthouse
Population	3,255	6,793
Median age	34.2 yrs	32.4 yrs
Median household income	$115,781	$85,321
Median home value	$325,700	$366,900
Median gross rent	$1,744	$1,515
Housing units	1,065	2,412
Homeownership rate	89.3%	69.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.9%	26.7%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	13.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Wilderness	Spotsylvania Courthouse
Population	2,871 → 3,255 (+13.4%)	4,607 → 6,793 (+47.4%)
Median household income	$102,452 → $115,781 (+13.0%)	$72,070 → $85,321 (+18.4%)
Median home value	$249,000 → $325,700 (+30.8%)	$249,300 → $366,900 (+47.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,607 → $1,744 (+8.5%)	$1,633 → $1,515 (-7.2%)

Lake Wilderness

Population

2,8713,255

Median household income

$102,452$115,781

Median home value

$249,000$325,700

Median gross rent

$1,607$1,744

Spotsylvania Courthouse

Population

4,6076,793

Median household income

$72,070$85,321

Median home value

$249,300$366,900

Median gross rent

$1,633$1,515

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Wilderness	Spotsylvania Courthouse
Under 5	8.1%	8.2%
5 to 17	15.6%	21.3%
18 to 24	8.0%	11.6%
25 to 34	19.3%	13.2%
35 to 44	14.6%	12.5%
45 to 54	10.7%	11.3%
55 to 64	9.0%	8.4%
65 to 74	12.1%	8.5%
75 and over	2.5%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Wilderness	Spotsylvania Courthouse
White (non-Hispanic)	75.0%	65.6%
Black or African American	12.1%	14.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	1.7%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.3%	0.5%
Two or more races	2.9%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	7.9%	13.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Wilderness	Spotsylvania Courthouse
No high school diploma	5.7%	8.5%
High school graduate	34.3%	36.8%
Some college or associate's	33.2%	28.0%
Bachelor's degree	14.6%	17.1%
Graduate or professional degree	12.2%	9.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Wilderness	Spotsylvania Courthouse
Drove alone	76.7%	73.7%
Carpooled	9.4%	12.1%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.6%	12.2%
Other means	0.0%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Wilderness	Spotsylvania Courthouse
1-unit, detached	98.5%	69.5%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	6.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	10.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	11.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lake Wilderness	Spotsylvania Courthouse
Poverty rate	0.4%	11.5%
Average household size	3.07	3.01
Mean commute (minutes)	41	41
Median year structure built	1993	1998