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Lawndale town, North Carolina: commercial real estate data.
Lawndale town is a Census town of 739 people across 0.81 square miles of land, in Cleveland County. Median household income is $39,250, 71.0 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 1 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $2.2 m.
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Lawndale
What Lawndale is
- Census place typetown
- Land area0.81 sq mi
- Water area0.05 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land916 plus or minus 334
- County holding the largest share of its areaCleveland County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Lawndale
How many people live in Lawndale
- Population739 plus or minus 269
- Median age34.3 plus or minus 7.4
- Population under 18231 plus or minus 91
- Share under 1831.3 percent
- Population 65 and over71 plus or minus 41
- Share 65 and over9.6 percent plus or minus 4.3
- Households269 plus or minus 71
- Family households145 plus or minus 57
- Share of households that are families53.9 percent plus or minus 15.7
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Lawndale
Income and work in Lawndale
- Median household income$39,250 plus or minus $15,973
- Per capita income$20,620 plus or minus $6,825
- Civilian labor force287 plus or minus 120
- Employed269 plus or minus 117
- Unemployed18 plus or minus 19
- Unemployment rate6.3 percent plus or minus 6.1
- Adults 25 and over416 plus or minus 123
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher88.5 percent plus or minus 35.4
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher10.1 percent plus or minus 9.4
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree1.4 percent plus or minus 3.7
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Lawndale
Housing in Lawndale
- Housing units308 plus or minus 76
- Occupied units269 plus or minus 71
- Vacant units39 plus or minus 30
- Vacancy rate12.7 percent plus or minus 9.2
- Owner occupied191 plus or minus 65
- Renter occupied78 plus or minus 35
- Ownership rate71.0 percent plus or minus 15.3
- Median owner-occupied home value$116,800 plus or minus $33,991
- Median gross rent, monthly$880
- Annual rent as a share of median income26.9 percent plus or minus 11.2
- Single family units215 plus or minus 63
- Share single family69.8 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more17 plus or minus 23
- Share in buildings of two or more5.5 percent plus or minus 7.3
- Mobile homes76 plus or minus 46
- Median year structure built1957
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Lawndale
How Lawndale gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute262 plus or minus 114
- Commuting under 15 minutes40 plus or minus 23
- Share commuting under 15 minutes15.3 percent plus or minus 5.5
- Commuting 30 minutes or more157 plus or minus 99
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more59.9 percent plus or minus 27.2
- Drove alone88.5 percent
- Carpooled10.3 percent plus or minus 6.2
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked1.1 percent plus or minus 1.8
- Worked from home0.0 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Lawndale
SBA loans in Lawndale (7(a))
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$2,172,000
- Average approval$2,172,000
- Median approval$2,172,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$2,172,000
- Largest approval$2,172,000
- Jobs supported4
- Jobs per approval4.0
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Paid in full0
- Charged off0
- Median term258 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more100.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders1
- Distinct industries by NAICS1
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 0 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Lawndale
SBA loans in Lawndale (504)
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$134,000
- Average approval$134,000
- Median approval$134,000
- Largest approval$134,000
- Jobs supported2
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Distinct CDCs1
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Lawndale
Flood risk in Lawndale
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- NFIP community number370303
- Currently effective map date07/02/08
This community carries no Community Rating System class, so no CRS premium discount applies to it.
FEMA, National Flood Insurance Program Community Status Book, Community Status Book, as retrieved.
Cleveland County, not Lawndale
Cleveland County context, not Lawndale figures
These are Cleveland County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Lawndale measurements.
- Establishments in Cleveland County2,028
- Employment at those establishments, Cleveland County30,800
- Covered employment, Cleveland County36,696
- Average annual pay, Cleveland County$53,753
- Average weekly wage, Cleveland County$1,034
- Housing units permitted, Cleveland County513
- Of those, single family, Cleveland County403
- County product, 2024, Cleveland County$6,025,325,000
- County product change over the prior year, Cleveland County3.5 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Cleveland County$47,862
Every figure in this section is published for Cleveland County as a whole and is not a measurement of Lawndale. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Lawndale questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Lawndale, North Carolina?
739, in 269 households. Lawndale town covers 0.81 square miles of land, which is 916 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Lawndale in?
Cleveland County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Lawndale?
$39,250. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $116,800. Median gross rent is $880 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Lawndale businesses?
1 7(a) approvals totalling $2.2 m, across 1 lenders, median approval $2,172,000, plus 1 504 approvals worth $134,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Lawndale, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Lawndale borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Lawndale. only 0 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Is Lawndale in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Lawndale appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 370303, with no Community Rating System class, so no CRS discount applies. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
Are the county figures on this page Lawndale figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Cleveland County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Lawndale.
Is zoning published for Lawndale?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.