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Five Points, NC vs Lakewood Park, FL

Five Points

North Carolina

vs

Lakewood Park

Florida

Across 30 directional measures we can compare, Five Points leads on 16 and Lakewood Park on 14. Counting measures is not an overall verdict: their importance depends on your priorities. Median rent is 1% higher in Five Points, while median household income is higher in Lakewood Park.

Median gross rent
$1,213$1,206
Five Points is 1% higher
Median household income
$63,188$64,023
Five Points is 1% lower
Median home value
$344,100$268,400
Five Points is 28% higher

The Citytistics read

  • After the median rent, with other prices set to the US average, the median household has about $50,700 a year left in Five Points and $50,800 in Lakewood Park. Money goes further in Lakewood Park, by about $100 a year.
  • A household earning Five Points's median of $63,188 would need about $64,000 in Lakewood Park to keep the same money after rent and local prices.
  • Between the 2019 and 2023 surveys, rent outran pay by 3.5 points a year in Five Points, and pay outran rent by 0.9 points a year in Lakewood Park.

How these are calculated

FloridaNorth CarolinaLakewood Park, FLFive Points, NCFive PointsLakewood ParkFive PointsLakewood Park

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#PlaceCTXAffordabilityEconomyEducationSafetyCommuteAmenitiesGrowth
01Lakewood Park, FLComposite 34.1 / 100
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375518n/a930n/a

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Every measure

The dots show where each place sits among the 6,645 places we track. The bar is the median. A small dot after a value marks the better one.

MeasureFive PointsLakewood ParkAmong all places
Cost of living
Median gross rent1$1,213$1,206
Rent to income123.0%22.6%
Property tax rate10.7%0.8%
Home price to income15.5x4.2x
Prices vs US average292.0100.2
Fair market rent, 2 bedrooms3$1,150$2,069
HUD area median income4$77,900$102,000
Housing
Property tax paid (median)1$2,258$2,031
Median home value1$344,100$268,400
Home prices, 1-year change50.9%-0.4%
Home prices, 5-year change551.2%64.1%
Homeownership186.1%85.4%
Renters paying 30%+150.2%53.6%
Owner costs with a mortgage1$1,906$1,533
Vacant homes18.0%9.4%
Median year built120051988
Jobs and income
Median household income1$63,188$64,023
Income per person1$34,304$32,134
Unemployment16.6%3.4%
Average annual pay6$48,005$54,869
Pay growth, 1 year62.4%3.1%
Jobs69,28592,116
Poverty rate117.1%9.4%
Mean commute129 min34 min
Works from home17.7%7.5%
Commutes by transit10.0%0.0%
People
Population194013,866
Median age150.250.8
Bachelor's or higher122.2%18.8%
High school or higher198.8%93.0%
Household size12.82.4
Born abroad16.5%13.6%
No health insurance110.3%12.9%
Homes with broadband197.3%92.7%
Moving
Moved here in the past year131.5%6.5%
Moved from another state14.1%2.2%
Net movers per 1,000 people710.435.3
Income of households moving in7$50,603$76,840
Income of households moving out7$51,614$60,807
Local life
Restaurants and bars per 10k86.314.0
Shops per 10k815.623.2
Arts, recreation and fitness per 10k81.33.4
Doctors' offices and clinics per 10k87.220.0
Child care centers per 10k82.61.8
Parks per 10k9n/a1.4
Playgrounds per 10k9n/a2.2
Grocery stores per 10k9n/a1.4
Restaurants, cafes and bars per 10k9n/a2.9
Libraries per 10k9n/a1.4
Named paths and bike trails9n/a0.0
Transit stops per sq mi9n/a0.5
Nearest National Park Service site10n/a88.2
National Park Service sites within 60 miles10n/a0
National Register listings11116
Schools
Public schools121456
Public school students128,73249,308
Students per teacher1216.019.5
Climate
July average high1391°F91°F
January average low1332°F53°F
Average temperature1362°F74°F
Annual precipitation1347.0 in54.5 in
Hazards and air
Natural hazard risk1450.196.1
Hurricane risk1484.099.2
Tornado risk1475.882.8
Wildfire risk1480.286.6
Heat wave risk1473.180.2
Median air quality index154434
Good air days1568.8%96.4%

Data bundle checked 2026-11-14; individual source vintages vary. Rent needed at the 30% line: Five Points $48,520, Lakewood Park $48,240 a year.

Sources and methods

The small numbers beside each measure point here. Links go to the publisher.

  1. American Community Survey 5-year estimates · US Census Bureau · 2020 to 2024 estimatesTables B01002, B01003, B05002, B07003, B08013, B08301, B15003, B17001, B19013, B19301, B23025, B25002, B25003, B25010, B25035, B25064, B25070, B25077, B25088, B25103, B28002, S2701
  2. Regional Price Parities · US Bureau of Economic Analysis · Latest release, retrieved 2026-11-14
  3. Fair Market Rents · US Department of Housing and Urban Development · Fiscal year 2027
  4. Income Limits · US Department of Housing and Urban Development · Fiscal year 2026
  5. House Price Index · Federal Housing Finance Agency · Latest release, retrieved 2026-11-14
  6. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages · US Bureau of Labor Statistics · 2025 annual averages
  7. SOI Tax Stats, county-to-county migration · Internal Revenue Service · Tax years 2022 to 2023Counts tax returns and the people on them; flows under 20 returns are suppressed.
  8. County Business Patterns · US Census Bureau · 2023 data
  9. OpenStreetMap · © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License (ODbL) · Map data as of 2026-11
  10. National Park Service sites · Wikidata (CC0), units operated by the National Park Service · Retrieved 2026-11
  11. National Register of Historic Places · National Park Service · Listings through 2026-05-22
  12. Common Core of Data · National Center for Education Statistics · 2024 release
  13. 1991-2020 climate normals · NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · Series updated 2026-11-05Averages for 1991 to 2020 computed from NOAA's county climate series (nClimDiv).nClimDiv county series
  14. National Risk Index · Federal Emergency Management Agency · Latest release, retrieved 2026-11-14NRI data and maps
  15. Air Quality System, annual AQI by county · US Environmental Protection Agency · 2025 dataAirData download files

Derived by Citytistics from the tables above: rent to income (B25064, B19013); property tax rate (B25103, B25077); home price to income (B25077, B19013).

Survey figures are estimates with margins of error. Formulas and definitions: methodology.

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