High Shoals vs Springdale

A side-by-side comparison of High Shoals and Springdale: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Springdale has the higher population (1,120 vs 565 in High Shoals). Springdale has the higher median household income ($61,250 vs $50,893 in High Shoals). Springdale has the higher median home value ($179,600 vs $145,700 in High Shoals).

Population, income & housing

	High Shoals	Springdale
Population	565	1,120
Median age	31.7 yrs	36.8 yrs
Median household income	$50,893	$61,250
Median home value	$145,700	$179,600
Median gross rent	$937	$1,198
Housing units	249	544
Homeownership rate	51.7%	78.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.6%	15.5%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	High Shoals	Springdale
Population	671 → 565 (-15.8%)	1,237 → 1,120 (-9.5%)
Median household income	$25,882 → $50,893 (+96.6%)	$44,886 → $61,250 (+36.5%)
Median home value	$99,500 → $145,700 (+46.4%)	$110,600 → $179,600 (+62.4%)
Median gross rent	$622 → $937 (+50.6%)	$916 → $1,198 (+30.8%)

High Shoals

Population

671565

Median household income

$25,882$50,893

Median home value

$99,500$145,700

Median gross rent

$622$937

Springdale

Population

1,2371,120

Median household income

$44,886$61,250

Median home value

$110,600$179,600

Median gross rent

$916$1,198

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	High Shoals	Springdale
Under 5	12.9%	12.0%
5 to 17	22.5%	12.9%
18 to 24	7.4%	4.5%
25 to 34	19.3%	10.1%
35 to 44	13.3%	19.0%
45 to 54	5.8%	6.7%
55 to 64	9.2%	11.1%
65 to 74	4.4%	13.8%
75 and over	5.1%	10.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	High Shoals	Springdale
White (non-Hispanic)	78.4%	74.6%
Black or African American	8.8%	7.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.5%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	5.0%	16.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	High Shoals	Springdale
No high school diploma	8.0%	10.7%
High school graduate	41.2%	30.6%
Some college or associate's	36.2%	43.2%
Bachelor's degree	11.1%	11.7%
Graduate or professional degree	3.4%	3.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	High Shoals	Springdale
Drove alone	78.8%	90.2%
Carpooled	14.3%	5.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	4.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.9%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	High Shoals	Springdale
1-unit, detached	72.3%	99.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.8%	0.6%
5 to 19 units	17.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	High Shoals	Springdale
Poverty rate	22.5%	17.1%
Average household size	2.68	2.20
Mean commute (minutes)	24	26
Median year structure built	1982	1967