Barbecue vs Spout Springs

A side-by-side comparison of Barbecue and Spout Springs: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Spout Springs has the higher population (11,073 vs 5,933 in Barbecue). Spout Springs has the higher median household income ($87,905 vs $80,380 in Barbecue). Spout Springs has the higher median home value ($310,100 vs $199,300 in Barbecue).

Population, income & housing

	Barbecue	Spout Springs
Population	5,933	11,073
Median age	33.2 yrs	30.9 yrs
Median household income	$80,380	$87,905
Median home value	$199,300	$310,100
Median gross rent	$1,419	$1,794
Housing units	1,896	3,871
Homeownership rate	73.0%	76.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.1%	41.8%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	7.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Barbecue	Spout Springs
Population	—	9,879 → 11,073 (+12.1%)
Median household income	—	$94,176 → $87,905 (-6.7%)
Median home value	—	$233,400 → $310,100 (+32.9%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,700 → $1,794 (+5.5%)

Barbecue

Spout Springs

Population

9,87911,073

Median household income

$94,176$87,905

Median home value

$233,400$310,100

Median gross rent

$1,700$1,794

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Barbecue	Spout Springs
Under 5	6.1%	11.2%
5 to 17	18.2%	21.5%
18 to 24	11.3%	4.4%
25 to 34	19.1%	22.8%
35 to 44	19.0%	13.5%
45 to 54	12.8%	11.8%
55 to 64	6.2%	7.4%
65 to 74	5.1%	4.3%
75 and over	2.2%	3.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Barbecue	Spout Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	45.6%	48.8%
Black or African American	26.7%	20.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	1.5%	2.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.5%	1.3%
Some other race	0.0%	1.3%
Two or more races	3.0%	8.9%
Hispanic or Latino	22.7%	16.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Barbecue	Spout Springs
No high school diploma	8.7%	4.6%
High school graduate	31.1%	13.8%
Some college or associate's	39.2%	39.8%
Bachelor's degree	12.6%	27.0%
Graduate or professional degree	8.5%	14.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Barbecue	Spout Springs
Drove alone	91.6%	80.0%
Carpooled	2.5%	8.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.6%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.9%
Worked from home	3.4%	8.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Barbecue	Spout Springs
1-unit, detached	87.8%	93.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.3%	6.6%

Poverty & households

	Barbecue	Spout Springs
Poverty rate	6.9%	5.8%
Average household size	3.25	3.12
Mean commute (minutes)	36	30
Median year structure built	2004	2009