Spring Lake vs Vander

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

Spring Lake and Vander 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 1,614 in Vander). Vander has the higher median household income ($63,611 vs $50,497 in Spring Lake). Vander has the higher median home value ($219,900 vs $101,300 in Spring Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Spring Lake	Vander
Population	11,613	1,614
Median age	25.4 yrs	49.4 yrs
Median household income	$50,497	$63,611
Median home value	$101,300	$219,900
Median gross rent	$1,228	$916
Housing units	5,161	732
Homeownership rate	21.5%	75.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.8%	21.1%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Spring Lake	Vander
Population	12,119 → 11,613 (-4.2%)	1,006 → 1,614 (+60.4%)
Median household income	$39,559 → $50,497 (+27.6%)	$37,423 → $63,611 (+70.0%)
Median home value	$94,300 → $101,300 (+7.4%)	$115,600 → $219,900 (+90.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,032 → $1,228 (+19.0%)	$814 → $916 (+12.5%)

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

Vander

Population

1,0061,614

Median household income

$37,423$63,611

Median home value

$115,600$219,900

Median gross rent

$814$916

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Spring Lake	Vander
Under 5	9.7%	4.3%
5 to 17	17.0%	16.2%
18 to 24	22.3%	2.7%
25 to 34	20.0%	6.6%
35 to 44	11.2%	17.3%
45 to 54	5.9%	13.1%
55 to 64	7.0%	18.5%
65 to 74	4.6%	10.4%
75 and over	2.2%	10.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Spring Lake	Vander
White (non-Hispanic)	34.5%	55.0%
Black or African American	35.7%	35.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	3.3%
Asian	2.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	2.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	9.6%	6.6%
Hispanic or Latino	15.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Spring Lake	Vander
No high school diploma	7.4%	7.8%
High school graduate	26.4%	29.8%
Some college or associate's	41.4%	41.4%
Bachelor's degree	19.0%	8.4%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	12.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Spring Lake	Vander
Drove alone	73.9%	91.6%
Carpooled	13.8%	0.0%
Public transit	0.9%	0.0%
Walked	7.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.4%	8.4%
Other means	0.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Spring Lake	Vander
1-unit, detached	41.0%	71.2%
1-unit, attached	8.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	16.0%	3.6%
5 to 19 units	20.3%	2.9%
20 or more units	9.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.7%	22.4%

Poverty & households

	Spring Lake	Vander
Poverty rate	20.9%	29.7%
Average household size	2.50	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	20	28
Median year structure built	1988	1991