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Spring Lake, NC

11,613 Population
23.6 square miles 491.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

25.4 ±1.1 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Fayetteville, NC Metro Area: 32.1 ±0.2
  • about two-thirds of the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$23,923 ±$2,271 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Fayetteville, NC Metro Area: $30,984 ±$513
  • about three-fifths of the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$50,497 ±$5,216 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Fayetteville, NC Metro Area: $58,909 ±$831
  • about three-quarters of the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

20.9% ±4% (2,255  ±434) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Fayetteville, NC Metro Area: 17.2% 63,805 (±0.7% / ±2,605)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

19.7 minutes ±1.1 (107,010  ±10,187) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Fayetteville, NC Metro Area: 22.5 3,733,690 (±0.4 / ±75,744)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

4,321 ±270 Number of households
  • the Fayetteville, NC Metro Area: 146,881 ±659
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
2.5 ±0.2 (10,805  ±281) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Fayetteville, NC Metro Area: 2.5 371,485 (±0 / ±290)
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978

9.2% ±2.5% (307  ±91) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Fayetteville, NC Metro Area: 6.2% 5,953 (±0.6% / ±563)
  • nearly double the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 127,227 (±0.1% / ±3,580)

Housing

5,161 ±293 Number of housing units
  • the Fayetteville, NC Metro Area: 163,767 ±136
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$101,300 ±$14,073 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in the Fayetteville, NC Metro Area: $185,900 ±$3,200
  • about two-fifths of the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

30.8% ±5.7% (3,484  ±645.6) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Fayetteville, NC Metro Area: 18.2% 69,914 (±0.7% / ±2,781.9)
  • more than double the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

92.6% ±6.1% (5,480  ±478.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Fayetteville, NC Metro Area: 92.1% 224,874 (±1.3% / ±3,049.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
24.8% ±4.5% (1,466  ±277.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Fayetteville, NC Metro Area: 26.4% 64,385 (±0.7% / ±1,665.2)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 34.7% 2,521,353 (±0.2% / ±14,597.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

7.1% ±1.7% (822  ±193) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Fayetteville, NC Metro Area: 6.6% 25,899
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 8.7% 923,923

19.8% ±3.6% (1,234  ±239) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Fayetteville, NC Metro Area: 18% 45,752 (±0.5% / ±1,229)
  • more than double the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
1,234 Total veterans ±239 754 Male ±163 480 Female ±198

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