Eastover vs Spring Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Eastover and Spring Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

Eastover and Spring Lake are places in North Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Spring Lake has the higher population (11,613 vs 3,666 in Eastover). Eastover has the higher median household income ($80,000 vs $50,497 in Spring Lake). Eastover has the higher median home value ($238,900 vs $101,300 in Spring Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Eastover	Spring Lake
Population	3,666	11,613
Median age	44.7 yrs	25.4 yrs
Median household income	$80,000	$50,497
Median home value	$238,900	$101,300
Median gross rent	$1,122	$1,228
Housing units	1,577	5,161
Homeownership rate	80.7%	21.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.0%	24.8%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Eastover	Spring Lake
Population	3,710 → 3,666 (-1.2%)	12,119 → 11,613 (-4.2%)
Median household income	$53,526 → $80,000 (+49.5%)	$39,559 → $50,497 (+27.6%)
Median home value	$183,900 → $238,900 (+29.9%)	$94,300 → $101,300 (+7.4%)
Median gross rent	$775 → $1,122 (+44.8%)	$1,032 → $1,228 (+19.0%)

Eastover

Population

3,7103,666

Median household income

$53,526$80,000

Median home value

$183,900$238,900

Median gross rent

$775$1,122

Spring Lake

Population

12,11911,613

Median household income

$39,559$50,497

Median home value

$94,300$101,300

Median gross rent

$1,032$1,228

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Eastover	Spring Lake
Under 5	3.5%	9.7%
5 to 17	21.2%	17.0%
18 to 24	6.4%	22.3%
25 to 34	7.3%	20.0%
35 to 44	12.2%	11.2%
45 to 54	12.7%	5.9%
55 to 64	13.6%	7.0%
65 to 74	15.0%	4.6%
75 and over	8.0%	2.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Eastover	Spring Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	77.3%	34.5%
Black or African American	9.0%	35.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.9%	0.5%
Asian	0.0%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	1.7%	2.0%
Two or more races	4.2%	9.6%
Hispanic or Latino	5.8%	15.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Eastover	Spring Lake
No high school diploma	4.8%	7.4%
High school graduate	23.9%	26.4%
Some college or associate's	37.3%	41.4%
Bachelor's degree	18.9%	19.0%
Graduate or professional degree	15.1%	5.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Eastover	Spring Lake
Drove alone	78.5%	73.9%
Carpooled	10.5%	13.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.9%
Walked	0.0%	7.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	11.0%	3.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Eastover	Spring Lake
1-unit, detached	86.6%	41.0%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	8.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	16.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	20.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	9.2%
Mobile home & other	11.5%	4.7%

Poverty & households

	Eastover	Spring Lake
Poverty rate	13.6%	20.9%
Average household size	2.55	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	22	20
Median year structure built	1986	1988