Spring Lake vs Stedman

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

Spring Lake and Stedman 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 1,613 in Stedman). Stedman has the higher median household income ($105,491 vs $50,497 in Spring Lake). Stedman has the higher median home value ($205,800 vs $101,300 in Spring Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Spring Lake	Stedman
Population	11,613	1,613
Median age	25.4 yrs	34.4 yrs
Median household income	$50,497	$105,491
Median home value	$101,300	$205,800
Median gross rent	$1,228	$1,539
Housing units	5,161	645
Homeownership rate	21.5%	89.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.8%	35.4%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Spring Lake	Stedman
Population	12,119 → 11,613 (-4.2%)	1,364 → 1,613 (+18.3%)
Median household income	$39,559 → $50,497 (+27.6%)	$66,563 → $105,491 (+58.5%)
Median home value	$94,300 → $101,300 (+7.4%)	$161,600 → $205,800 (+27.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,032 → $1,228 (+19.0%)	$777 → $1,539 (+98.1%)

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

Stedman

Population

1,3641,613

Median household income

$66,563$105,491

Median home value

$161,600$205,800

Median gross rent

$777$1,539

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Spring Lake	Stedman
Under 5	9.7%	6.8%
5 to 17	17.0%	22.5%
18 to 24	22.3%	7.6%
25 to 34	20.0%	15.1%
35 to 44	11.2%	20.1%
45 to 54	5.9%	7.8%
55 to 64	7.0%	11.9%
65 to 74	4.6%	4.1%
75 and over	2.2%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Spring Lake	Stedman
White (non-Hispanic)	34.5%	69.6%
Black or African American	35.7%	17.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.6%
Asian	2.0%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	2.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	9.6%	7.2%
Hispanic or Latino	15.7%	4.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Spring Lake	Stedman
No high school diploma	7.4%	8.0%
High school graduate	26.4%	26.9%
Some college or associate's	41.4%	29.6%
Bachelor's degree	19.0%	22.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	13.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Spring Lake	Stedman
Drove alone	73.9%	89.1%
Carpooled	13.8%	5.9%
Public transit	0.9%	0.0%
Walked	7.0%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.4%	4.1%
Other means	0.9%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Spring Lake	Stedman
1-unit, detached	41.0%	96.4%
1-unit, attached	8.7%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	16.0%	0.9%
5 to 19 units	20.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	9.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.7%	2.2%

Poverty & households

	Spring Lake	Stedman
Poverty rate	20.9%	6.4%
Average household size	2.50	2.93
Mean commute (minutes)	20	29
Median year structure built	1988	2003