What is the population of Lake Wylie CDP?

Lake Wylie CDP has 15,177 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #41 of 475 in South Carolina.

What is the median household income in Lake Wylie CDP?

Median household income in Lake Wylie CDP is $112,113 a year, 42.8% above the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Lake Wylie CDP?

Median gross rent is $1,517 a month and the median home value is $464,200, so rent absorbs about 16.2% of median household income.

Is Lake Wylie CDP affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 4.1× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Lake Wylie CDP is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 16.2% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Lake Wylie, SC population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Lake Wylie, South Carolina (Lake Wylie, SC — Census place “Lake Wylie CDP”) is 15,177 residents, ranking #41 of 475 places in South Carolina. Median household income is $112,113, the median home is worth $464,200 and median gross rent runs $1,517 a month. Looking for the Lake Wylie South Carolina ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Lake Wylie, SC: 29710.

Population: 15,177Lake Wylie CDP residents
Median household income: $112,113Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $464,200Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,517Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 38.7 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 77.5%Owner-occupied households

Lake Wylie ZIP codes (South Carolina)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Lake Wylie.

The Lake Wylie SC ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

29710

What the numbers mean in Lake Wylie CDP

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Lake Wylie CDP median would spend about 16.2% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 4.1× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 10.7% of residents and 77.5% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Lake Wylie CDP, SC in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Lake Wylie CDP is a mid-size town in South Carolina, with 15,177 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #41 of 475 ranked by population — larger than 91% of them. The median age here is 38.7 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Lake Wylie CDP earn a median of $112,113 a year, 42.8% above the national figure of $78,538 and 111% above the $53,071 median for the 263 South Carolina cities we cover. The median is the midpoint household, not an average, so a handful of very high earners cannot drag it upward the way they distort a mean. Poverty reaches 10.7% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Lake Wylie CDP is valued at $464,200, 53% above the national figure and 162% above the $177,100 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,517 a month, 7.9% above the national figure, or roughly $18,204 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 16.2% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 4.1×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 77.5% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.

No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Lake Wylie CDP?: Lake Wylie CDP has 15,177 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #41 of 475 in South Carolina.
What is the median household income in Lake Wylie CDP?: Median household income in Lake Wylie CDP is $112,113 a year, 42.8% above the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Lake Wylie CDP?: Median gross rent is $1,517 a month and the median home value is $464,200, so rent absorbs about 16.2% of median household income.
Is Lake Wylie CDP affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 4.1× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Lake Wylie CDP is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 16.2% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Lake Wylie CDP data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.