Lillington vs Spout Springs

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

Lillington 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 4,683 in Lillington). Spout Springs has the higher median household income ($87,905 vs $63,393 in Lillington). Spout Springs has the higher median home value ($310,100 vs $219,600 in Lillington).

Population, income & housing

	Lillington	Spout Springs
Population	4,683	11,073
Median age	36.1 yrs	30.9 yrs
Median household income	$63,393	$87,905
Median home value	$219,600	$310,100
Median gross rent	$934	$1,794
Housing units	1,462	3,871
Homeownership rate	57.1%	76.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.0%	41.8%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	7.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lillington	Spout Springs
Population	3,571 → 4,683 (+31.1%)	9,879 → 11,073 (+12.1%)
Median household income	$40,000 → $63,393 (+58.5%)	$94,176 → $87,905 (-6.7%)
Median home value	$159,400 → $219,600 (+37.8%)	$233,400 → $310,100 (+32.9%)
Median gross rent	$683 → $934 (+36.7%)	$1,700 → $1,794 (+5.5%)

Lillington

Population

3,5714,683

Median household income

$40,000$63,393

Median home value

$159,400$219,600

Median gross rent

$683$934

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)

	Lillington	Spout Springs
Under 5	5.9%	11.2%
5 to 17	14.6%	21.5%
18 to 24	8.8%	4.4%
25 to 34	19.5%	22.8%
35 to 44	15.9%	13.5%
45 to 54	10.4%	11.8%
55 to 64	10.0%	7.4%
65 to 74	8.9%	4.3%
75 and over	6.1%	3.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lillington	Spout Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	46.7%	48.8%
Black or African American	29.4%	20.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	0.1%
Asian	0.7%	2.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	1.3%
Some other race	0.0%	1.3%
Two or more races	5.4%	8.9%
Hispanic or Latino	16.7%	16.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lillington	Spout Springs
No high school diploma	17.4%	4.6%
High school graduate	31.4%	13.8%
Some college or associate's	30.3%	39.8%
Bachelor's degree	13.7%	27.0%
Graduate or professional degree	7.4%	14.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lillington	Spout Springs
Drove alone	80.5%	80.0%
Carpooled	10.7%	8.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.4%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.9%
Worked from home	6.1%	8.2%
Other means	0.3%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lillington	Spout Springs
1-unit, detached	70.8%	93.4%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	14.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	10.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	6.6%

Poverty & households

	Lillington	Spout Springs
Poverty rate	6.3%	5.8%
Average household size	2.65	3.12
Mean commute (minutes)	28	30
Median year structure built	2001	2009