Lake Wylie, SC vs Pineville, NC

Side-by-side comparison from the latest government data.

MetricLake Wylie, SCPineville, NC
Population16,00611,055
Median Household Income$112,097$69,354
Median Rent$1,710/mo$1,552/mo
Median Home Value$485,600$395,100
Cost of Living (US = 100)9797
Renters Paying 30%+ of Income72.7%59.8%
Poverty Rate9.1%13.8%
Unemployment Rate4.5% (county)3.9% (county)
Violent Crime Rate /100k214*703
Property Crime Rate /100k958*7,467
Median AQI4351
Good AQI Days /yr276176
Summer Highs89°F89°F
Winter Lows33°F34°F
Snowfall0 in/yr0 in/yr
Avg Commute32 min23.5 min
Hospitals—1
Avg Hospital Rating—3.0 / 5
Students per Teacher—14.9
College Degree Rate47.5%44.9%
Foreign-Born %8.1%18.9%
Population Growth (2020–2025)—+11.7%

Green = clearly better (more than 5% apart). Population, growth, weather, hospital count and foreign-born share aren’t scored.
* Rate of the agency that polices Lake Wylie (the city has no police department of its own), so it isn’t scored.