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Spring Lake, NC

11,573 Population
23.6 square miles 490 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

26.1 ±1 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Fayetteville, NC Metro Area: 32.3 ±0.2
  • about two-thirds of the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$25,899 ±$1,925 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Fayetteville, NC Metro Area: $32,646 ±$668
  • about three-fifths of the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$51,958 ±$6,554 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Fayetteville, NC Metro Area: $61,763 ±$932
  • about three-quarters of the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

17.7% ±3.9% (1,907  ±417) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in the Fayetteville, NC Metro Area: 16.8% 62,627 (±0.7% / ±2,516)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

19 minutes ±1 (106,520  ±8,987) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Fayetteville, NC Metro Area: 22.5 3,718,000 (±0.4 / ±75,870)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

4,519 ±243 Number of households
  • the Fayetteville, NC Metro Area: 149,016 ±622
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.1 (10,790  ±228) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Fayetteville, NC Metro Area: 2.5 374,694 (±0 / ±217)
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

9.9% ±3% (329  ±105) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Fayetteville, NC Metro Area: 6.3% 6,120 (±0.6% / ±532)
  • nearly double the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

5,393 ±255 Number of housing units
  • the Fayetteville, NC Metro Area: 164,719 ±133
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$124,000 ±$28,923 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Fayetteville, NC Metro Area: $202,700 ±$3,270
  • about two-fifths of the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

31.7% ±5.2% (3,588  ±587.7) Moved since previous year
  • nearly double the rate in the Fayetteville, NC Metro Area: 17.2% 66,621 (±0.7% / ±2,668.7)
  • more than double the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

93.1% ±6.4% (5,746  ±520.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Fayetteville, NC Metro Area: 92.3% 226,859 (±1.2% / ±3,011.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
25.2% ±4.5% (1,555  ±290.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Fayetteville, NC Metro Area: 27.2% 66,856 (±0.7% / ±1,652)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 35.7% 2,631,218 (±0.2% / ±13,757.8)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

7.7% ±2.3% (892  ±263) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Fayetteville, NC Metro Area: 6.7% 26,371
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325
  • about half the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

21.4% ±4% (1,353  ±263) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Fayetteville, NC Metro Area: 18.4% 47,152 (±0.5% / ±1,238)
  • more than double the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,353 Total veterans ±263 843 Male ±182 510 Female ±199

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