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Lumberton city, North Carolina: commercial real estate data.
Lumberton city is a Census city of 18,859 people across 18.21 square miles of land, in Robeson County. Median household income is $42,877, 43.9 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 17 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $13.0 m.
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Lumberton
What Lumberton is
- Census place typecity
- Land area18.21 sq mi
- Water area0.08 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,035
- County holding the largest share of its areaRobeson 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.
Lumberton
How many people live in Lumberton
- Population18,859
- Median age34.6
- Population under 185,418
- Share under 1828.7 percent
- Population 65 and over3,055
- Share 65 and over16.2 percent
- Households6,901
- Family households4,152
- Share of households that are families60.2 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Lumberton
Income and work in Lumberton
- Median household income$42,877
- Per capita income$24,340
- Civilian labor force7,006
- Employed6,612
- Unemployed394 plus or minus 132
- Unemployment rate5.6 percent plus or minus 1.9
- Adults 25 and over11,988
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher79.9 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher19.2 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree7.8 percent plus or minus 1.6
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Lumberton
Housing in Lumberton
- Housing units8,322
- Occupied units6,901
- Vacant units1,421
- Vacancy rate17.1 percent
- Owner occupied3,031
- Renter occupied3,870
- Ownership rate43.9 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$152,600
- Median gross rent, monthly$866
- Annual rent as a share of median income24.2 percent
- Single family units5,578
- Share single family67.0 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more2,216
- Share in buildings of two or more26.6 percent
- Mobile homes521 plus or minus 114
- Median year structure built1976
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Lumberton
How Lumberton gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute6,247
- Commuting under 15 minutes2,906
- Share commuting under 15 minutes46.5 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more1,680
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more26.9 percent
- Drove alone84.2 percent
- Carpooled8.7 percent plus or minus 2.1
- Public transport0.4 percent plus or minus 0.4
- Walked0.8 percent plus or minus 0.6
- Worked from home4.1 percent plus or minus 1.4
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Lumberton
SBA loans in Lumberton (7(a))
- Approvals17
- Gross approval$12,969,200
- Average approval$762,894
- Median approval$440,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,630,000
- Largest approval$3,400,000
- Jobs supported140
- Jobs per approval8.2
- Loans with a final outcome3
- Paid in full3
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more41.2 percent
- Share to franchises11.8 percent
- Distinct lenders10
- Distinct industries by NAICS9
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 3 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.
Lumberton
SBA loans in Lumberton (504)
- Approvals3
- Gross approval$1,654,000
- Average approval$551,333
- Median approval$529,000
- Largest approval$721,000
- Jobs supported27
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs1
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Lumberton
Flood risk in Lumberton
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- NFIP community number370203
- Currently effective map date12/06/19
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.
Robeson County, not Lumberton
Robeson County context, not Lumberton figures
These are Robeson County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Lumberton measurements.
- Establishments in Robeson County1,787
- Employment at those establishments, Robeson County31,788
- Covered employment, Robeson County38,484
- Average annual pay, Robeson County$45,957
- Average weekly wage, Robeson County$884
- Housing units permitted, Robeson County337
- Of those, single family, Robeson County335
- County product, 2024, Robeson County$5,044,701,000
- County product change over the prior year, Robeson County2.6 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Robeson County$36,190
Every figure in this section is published for Robeson County as a whole and is not a measurement of Lumberton. 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
Lumberton questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Lumberton, North Carolina?
18,859, in 6,901 households. Lumberton city covers 18.21 square miles of land, which is 1,035 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Lumberton in?
Robeson 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 Lumberton?
$42,877. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $152,600. Median gross rent is $866 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Lumberton businesses?
17 7(a) approvals totalling $13.0 m, across 10 lenders, median approval $440,000, plus 3 504 approvals worth $1.7 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Lumberton, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Lumberton borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Lumberton. only 3 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 Lumberton in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Lumberton appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 370203, 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 Lumberton figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Robeson 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 Lumberton.
Is zoning published for Lumberton?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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