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Lake Waccamaw, NC

1,770 Population
2.8 square miles 630.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.1 ±6.3 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Columbus County: 42.6 ±0.5
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2

Economics

$46,810 ±$12,383 Per capita income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Columbus County: $27,773 ±$1,307
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
$72,500 ±$10,426 Median household income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Columbus County: $49,442 † ±$4,924
  • about the same as the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324

9.3% ±3.1% (145  ±53) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Columbus County: 18.2% † 8,710 (±2.2% / ±1,043)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)

29.9 minutes ±1.2 (18,775  ±4,643) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Columbus County: 29.3 534,690 (±1.5 / ±35,018)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)

Families

624 ±92 Number of households
  • Columbus County: 20,048 ±392
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
2.5 ±0.5 (1,537  ±223) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Columbus County: 2.4 47,872 (±0.1 / ±118)
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237

1.4% ±1.9% (5  ±7) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Columbus County: 4.9% † 489 (±1.4% / ±143)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)

Housing

951 ±103 Number of housing units
  • Columbus County: 23,563 ±60
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642

$305,900 ±$31,750 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than double the amount in Columbus County: $146,000 ±$11,896
  • a little higher than the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086

22.2% ±9.5% (393  ±175.7) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in Columbus County: 8.4% † 4,140 (±1.1% / ±536.9)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)

Social

92.5% ±5.5% (1,137  ±157.7) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Columbus County: 86.8% 30,841 (±3.4% / ±1,215.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
32.3% ±4.1% (397  ±71.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than double the rate in Columbus County: 14.6% † 5,188 (±1.5% / ±522.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 35.7% 2,631,218 (±0.2% / ±13,757.8)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

1.9% ±1.9% (33  ±34) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Columbus County: 3.3% 1,666
  • about one-fifth of the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325

13.6% ±5.2% (188  ±75) Population with veteran status
  • about double the rate in Columbus County: 6.7% † 2,668 (±1% / ±386)
  • nearly double the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
188 Total veterans ±75 181 Male ±74 7 Female ±9

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