Lincoln County vs Moore County

A side-by-side comparison of Lincoln County and Moore County: population, income, housing, and more.

Lincoln County and Moore County are counties in North Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Moore County has the higher population (102,840 vs 90,359 in Lincoln County). Moore County has the higher median household income ($82,837 vs $78,490 in Lincoln County). Moore County has the higher median home value ($315,300 vs $279,500 in Lincoln County).

Population, income & housing

	Lincoln County	Moore County
Population	90,359	102,840
Median age	44.3 yrs	42.8 yrs
Median household income	$78,490	$82,837
Median home value	$279,500	$315,300
Median gross rent	$977	$1,181
Housing units	38,589	49,419
Homeownership rate	78.5%	76.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.0%	40.9%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lincoln County	Moore County
Population	82,919 → 90,359 (+9.0%)	97,294 → 102,840 (+5.7%)
Median household income	$57,536 → $78,490 (+36.4%)	$59,963 → $82,837 (+38.1%)
Median home value	$172,000 → $279,500 (+62.5%)	$216,500 → $315,300 (+45.6%)
Median gross rent	$727 → $977 (+34.4%)	$879 → $1,181 (+34.4%)

Lincoln County

Population

82,91990,359

Median household income

$57,536$78,490

Median home value

$172,000$279,500

Median gross rent

$727$977

Moore County

Population

97,294102,840

Median household income

$59,963$82,837

Median home value

$216,500$315,300

Median gross rent

$879$1,181

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lincoln County	Moore County
Under 5	5.0%	5.8%
5 to 17	15.7%	15.9%
18 to 24	7.1%	6.3%
25 to 34	11.2%	11.6%
35 to 44	12.1%	12.5%
45 to 54	14.6%	10.9%
55 to 64	15.2%	12.9%
65 to 74	11.6%	13.0%
75 and over	7.4%	11.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lincoln County	Moore County
White (non-Hispanic)	82.8%	75.9%
Black or African American	5.8%	9.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.4%
Asian	0.8%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.2%	0.4%
Two or more races	2.4%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	7.8%	7.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lincoln County	Moore County
No high school diploma	10.0%	7.3%
High school graduate	29.3%	20.0%
Some college or associate's	33.7%	31.8%
Bachelor's degree	19.4%	24.4%
Graduate or professional degree	7.6%	16.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lincoln County	Moore County
Drove alone	79.1%	76.1%
Carpooled	6.2%	6.9%
Public transit	0.2%	0.2%
Walked	0.7%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	12.0%	11.4%
Other means	1.9%	4.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lincoln County	Moore County
1-unit, detached	74.1%	73.5%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	2.9%
2 to 4 units	3.9%	5.5%
5 to 19 units	2.4%	4.4%
20 or more units	1.2%	2.6%
Mobile home & other	16.3%	11.1%

Poverty & households

	Lincoln County	Moore County
Poverty rate	9.0%	10.0%
Average household size	2.51	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	30	27
Median year structure built	1993	1993