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Westport, North Carolina.

A community in Lincoln County, with no city government of its own. Zillow publishes no home prices for it: see Lincoln County’s.

Living in Westport, Lincoln County, North Carolina

Westport, in Lincoln County, had 5,705 people in the 2020 census. Half its households earn more than $131,908 a year and half less, against $80,016 across Lincoln County; 3% of its people live below the poverty line. 96% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 4% are rented. Unemployment in Lincoln County was 3.3% in August 2026, and the county had 2.5% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then professional services.

People 5,705 in the 2020 census; median age 44.0
Household income $131,908 the median, give or take $25,775 · Lincoln County: $80,016
Unemployment 3.3% Lincoln County, August 2026; 3.7% a year before
Homes 96% lived in by their owners; 4% rented
  • 2,198households
  • 45%of adults have a degree
  • 3%below the poverty line
  • 39 mintypical commute

What residents work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care17%
  • Professional and business services15%
  • Manufacturing13%
  • Transport, warehouses and utilities9%
  • Shops (retail)8%
  • Banks, insurance and property8%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Lincoln County had 28,818 jobs in 2025, 2.5% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 50° and 31°; warmest in July, 89° and 69° 30° 40° 50° 60° 70° 80° 90° J 50° 31° F M A M J J 89° 69° A S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 50° and 31°; warmest in July, 89° and 69° 30° 40° 50° 60° 70° 80° 90° J 50° 31° F M A M J J 89° 69° A S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 50° and lows near 31°; warmest in July, with highs near 89° and lows near 69°. About 47 inches of rain and melted snow a year.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Catawba Southwest weather station, 14 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Lincoln County

  1. Lincoln County SchoolsSchool district1,387FTE
  2. The Timken Company603
  3. Atrium Health LincolnGeneral hospital524FTE
  4. Robert Bosch ToolMetal cutting saw blades manufacturing491
  5. BlumCabinet hardware, metal, manufacturing478
  6. LeeBoyGraders, road, manufacturing438
  7. WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters386
  8. WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters342

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 60 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 7,397 people in all across the county; Westport has one of its own. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24) and hospitals from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.

Natural hazards

  1. Ice stormsRelatively high
  2. Inland floodingRelatively high
  3. LightningRelatively high
  4. TornadoesRelatively high
  5. Strong windRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Westport’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively moderate. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.

From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Lincoln County.