Moving to Lawndale, North Carolina
Population: 642. Estimated population in July 2024: 636 (-0.9% change)
Males: 295 (46.0%), Females: 347 (54.0%)
Cleveland County
Zip code: 28090
Demographics
Median resident age: 40.9 years
Median household income: $30,250
Median house value: $51,700
Population by Race
Races in Lawndale:
- White Non-Hispanic (74.3%)
- Black (22.3%)
- Hispanic (2.8%)
- Other race (2.3%)
- Vietnamese (0.6%)
Ancestries: United States (13.9%), German (5.9%), English (3.9%), Irish (3.9%), Subsaharan African (2.5%), Czech (1.9%).
Elevation: 817 feet
Land area: 0.8 square miles
Population by Education
For population 25 years and over in Lawndale
- High school or higher: 65.3%
- Bachelor’s degree or higher: 7.7%
- Graduate or professional degree: 0.7%
- Unemployed: 8.1%
- Mean travel time to work: 23.4 minutes
For population 15 years and over in Lawndale town
- Never married: 24.2%
- Now married: 48.9%
- Separated: 4.0%
- Widowed: 11.9%
- Divorced: 11.1%
0.8% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: +50 (+8.4%).
Hospitals
Hospitals/medical centers near Lawndale:
- CLEVELAND REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER (about 7 miles; SHELBY, NC)
- CRAWLEY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 13 miles; BOILING SPRINGS, NC)
- KINGS MOUNTAIN HOSPITAL INC (about 19 miles; KINGS MOUNTAIN, NC)
Airports
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Lawndale:
- HICKORY REGIONAL (about 26 miles; HICKORY, NC; Abbreviation: HKY)
- CHARLOTTE/DOUGLAS INTL (about 46 miles; CHARLOTTE, NC; Abbreviation: CLT)
- GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG INTL (about 59 miles; GREER, SC; Abbreviation: GSP)
Other public-use airports nearest to Lawndale:
- SHELBY MUNI (about 12 miles; SHELBY, NC; Abbreviation: EHO)
- GRACE HOSPITAL EMERGENCY MEDICAL (about 22 miles; MORGANTON, NC; Abbreviation: NC1)
- WILSON’S (about 22 miles; HICKORY, NC; Abbreviation: E40)
Colleges and Universities
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Lawndale:
- GARDNER-WEBB UNIVERSITY (about 13 miles; BOILING SPRINGS, NC; Full-time enrollment: 2,563)
- CATAWBA VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 25 miles; HICKORY, NC; Full-time enrollment: 2,052)
- GASTON COLLEGE (about 27 miles; DALLAS, NC; Full-time enrollment: 2,473)
- WINTHROP UNIVERSITY (about 40 miles; ROCK HILL, SC; Full-time enrollment: 4,976)
- UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA AT SPARTANBURG (about 41 miles; SPARTANBURG, SC; Full-time enrollment: 3,041)
- SPARTANBURG TECHNICAL COLLEGE (about 43 miles; SPARTANBURG, SC; Full-time enrollment: 2,086)
- YORK TECHNICAL COLLEGE (about 52 miles; ROCK HILL, SC; Full-time enrollment: 2,221)
Schools
Public high school in Lawndale:
- BURNS HIGH (Students: 1,235; Location: 307 E STAGECOACH TRAIL; Grades: 09 – 12)
Public primary/middle school in Lawndale:
- BURNS MIDDLE (Students: 1,049; Location: 215 SHADY GROVE ROAD; Grades: 06 – 08)