Maxton vs Red Springs

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

Maxton 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.

Red Springs has the higher population (3,107 vs 2,398 in Maxton). Maxton has the higher median household income ($22,632 vs $19,752 in Red Springs). Red Springs has the higher median home value ($85,400 vs $79,600 in Maxton).

Population, income & housing

	Maxton	Red Springs
Population	2,398	3,107
Median age	31.2 yrs	32.9 yrs
Median household income	$22,632	$19,752
Median home value	$79,600	$85,400
Median gross rent	$630	$635
Housing units	1,092	1,442
Homeownership rate	43.1%	54.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.9%	16.0%
Unemployment rate	8.1%	8.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Maxton	Red Springs
Population	2,549 → 2,398 (-5.9%)	3,378 → 3,107 (-8.0%)
Median household income	$24,800 → $22,632 (-8.7%)	$26,829 → $19,752 (-26.4%)
Median home value	$78,100 → $79,600 (+1.9%)	$67,500 → $85,400 (+26.5%)
Median gross rent	$536 → $630 (+17.5%)	$494 → $635 (+28.5%)

Maxton

Population

2,5492,398

Median household income

$24,800$22,632

Median home value

$78,100$79,600

Median gross rent

$536$630

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)

	Maxton	Red Springs
Under 5	11.3%	7.9%
5 to 17	22.8%	19.2%
18 to 24	9.2%	7.5%
25 to 34	12.4%	16.0%
35 to 44	10.8%	9.7%
45 to 54	6.9%	9.0%
55 to 64	9.6%	12.1%
65 to 74	13.0%	11.6%
75 and over	4.1%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Maxton	Red Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	13.4%	25.1%
Black or African American	60.9%	44.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	21.1%	21.9%
Asian	0.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.1%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	6.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Maxton	Red Springs
No high school diploma	19.1%	18.8%
High school graduate	39.8%	30.7%
Some college or associate's	29.2%	34.5%
Bachelor's degree	9.6%	14.5%
Graduate or professional degree	2.4%	1.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Maxton	Red Springs
Drove alone	80.2%	87.6%
Carpooled	9.3%	5.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	4.4%
Bicycle	1.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.2%	2.5%
Other means	1.4%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Maxton	Red Springs
1-unit, detached	67.2%	76.6%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	21.6%	14.7%
5 to 19 units	2.5%	4.9%
20 or more units	0.5%	3.1%
Mobile home & other	7.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Maxton	Red Springs
Poverty rate	43.1%	39.1%
Average household size	2.58	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	19	24
Median year structure built	1978	1968