Spring Lake vs Wade

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

Spring Lake and Wade 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 565 in Wade). Wade has the higher median household income ($67,574 vs $50,497 in Spring Lake). Wade has the higher median home value ($204,200 vs $101,300 in Spring Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Spring Lake	Wade
Population	11,613	565
Median age	25.4 yrs	43.1 yrs
Median household income	$50,497	$67,574
Median home value	$101,300	$204,200
Median gross rent	$1,228	$1,158
Housing units	5,161	273
Homeownership rate	21.5%	66.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.8%	16.5%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	19.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Spring Lake	Wade
Population	12,119 → 11,613 (-4.2%)	684 → 565 (-17.4%)
Median household income	$39,559 → $50,497 (+27.6%)	$48,846 → $67,574 (+38.3%)
Median home value	$94,300 → $101,300 (+7.4%)	$93,800 → $204,200 (+117.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,032 → $1,228 (+19.0%)	$775 → $1,158 (+49.4%)

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

Wade

Population

684565

Median household income

$48,846$67,574

Median home value

$93,800$204,200

Median gross rent

$775$1,158

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Spring Lake	Wade
Under 5	9.7%	11.3%
5 to 17	17.0%	12.0%
18 to 24	22.3%	5.8%
25 to 34	20.0%	14.3%
35 to 44	11.2%	8.8%
45 to 54	5.9%	8.1%
55 to 64	7.0%	22.5%
65 to 74	4.6%	12.0%
75 and over	2.2%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Spring Lake	Wade
White (non-Hispanic)	34.5%	86.4%
Black or African American	35.7%	11.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.4%
Asian	2.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	2.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	9.6%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	15.7%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Spring Lake	Wade
No high school diploma	7.4%	7.0%
High school graduate	26.4%	45.0%
Some college or associate's	41.4%	31.5%
Bachelor's degree	19.0%	11.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	5.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Spring Lake	Wade
Drove alone	73.9%	83.3%
Carpooled	13.8%	8.4%
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	Wade
1-unit, detached	41.0%	71.8%
1-unit, attached	8.7%	2.9%
2 to 4 units	16.0%	3.7%
5 to 19 units	20.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	9.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.7%	21.6%

Poverty & households

	Spring Lake	Wade
Poverty rate	20.9%	17.0%
Average household size	2.50	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	20	30
Median year structure built	1988	1988