Lumberton vs Red Springs

A side-by-side comparison of Lumberton and Red Springs: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lumberton has the higher population (19,220 vs 3,107 in Red Springs). Lumberton has the higher median household income ($43,114 vs $19,752 in Red Springs). Lumberton has the higher median home value ($140,100 vs $85,400 in Red Springs).

Population, income & housing

	Lumberton	Red Springs
Population	19,220	3,107
Median age	35.6 yrs	32.9 yrs
Median household income	$43,114	$19,752
Median home value	$140,100	$85,400
Median gross rent	$824	$635
Housing units	8,385	1,442
Homeownership rate	45.1%	54.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.3%	16.0%
Unemployment rate	7.7%	8.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lumberton	Red Springs
Population	20,928 → 19,220 (-8.2%)	3,378 → 3,107 (-8.0%)
Median household income	$36,935 → $43,114 (+16.7%)	$26,829 → $19,752 (-26.4%)
Median home value	$109,800 → $140,100 (+27.6%)	$67,500 → $85,400 (+26.5%)
Median gross rent	$694 → $824 (+18.7%)	$494 → $635 (+28.5%)

Lumberton

Population

20,92819,220

Median household income

$36,935$43,114

Median home value

$109,800$140,100

Median gross rent

$694$824

Red Springs

Population

3,3783,107

Median household income

$26,829$19,752

Median home value

$67,500$85,400

Median gross rent

$494$635

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lumberton	Red Springs
Under 5	8.3%	7.9%
5 to 17	19.7%	19.2%
18 to 24	7.7%	7.5%
25 to 34	13.6%	16.0%
35 to 44	12.3%	9.7%
45 to 54	10.6%	9.0%
55 to 64	11.1%	12.1%
65 to 74	8.8%	11.6%
75 and over	7.9%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lumberton	Red Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	34.0%	25.1%
Black or African American	37.9%	44.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	13.2%	21.9%
Asian	1.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.5%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	10.6%	6.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lumberton	Red Springs
No high school diploma	20.5%	18.8%
High school graduate	30.4%	30.7%
Some college or associate's	27.8%	34.5%
Bachelor's degree	12.4%	14.5%
Graduate or professional degree	8.9%	1.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lumberton	Red Springs
Drove alone	81.7%	87.6%
Carpooled	11.6%	5.2%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	4.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.5%	2.5%
Other means	1.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lumberton	Red Springs
1-unit, detached	62.4%	76.6%
1-unit, attached	6.1%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	14.2%	14.7%
5 to 19 units	8.2%	4.9%
20 or more units	3.0%	3.1%
Mobile home & other	6.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lumberton	Red Springs
Poverty rate	31.0%	39.1%
Average household size	2.56	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	19	24
Median year structure built	1975	1968