Lake Lure vs Spindale

A side-by-side comparison of Lake Lure and Spindale: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Spindale has the higher population (4,244 vs 1,488 in Lake Lure). Lake Lure has the higher median household income ($72,813 vs $38,509 in Spindale). Lake Lure has the higher median home value ($510,300 vs $130,800 in Spindale).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Lure	Spindale
Population	1,488	4,244
Median age	61.8 yrs	44.9 yrs
Median household income	$72,813	$38,509
Median home value	$510,300	$130,800
Median gross rent	$778	$707
Housing units	2,339	2,154
Homeownership rate	86.2%	45.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	58.7%	14.3%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	11.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Lure	Spindale
Population	1,498 → 1,488 (-0.7%)	4,190 → 4,244 (+1.3%)
Median household income	$63,802 → $72,813 (+14.1%)	$32,083 → $38,509 (+20.0%)
Median home value	$338,600 → $510,300 (+50.7%)	$89,000 → $130,800 (+47.0%)
Median gross rent	$744 → $778 (+4.6%)	$583 → $707 (+21.3%)

Lake Lure

Population

1,4981,488

Median household income

$63,802$72,813

Median home value

$338,600$510,300

Median gross rent

$744$778

Spindale

Population

4,1904,244

Median household income

$32,083$38,509

Median home value

$89,000$130,800

Median gross rent

$583$707

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Lure	Spindale
Under 5	1.1%	0.4%
5 to 17	7.7%	10.6%
18 to 24	1.6%	10.5%
25 to 34	3.4%	9.6%
35 to 44	7.5%	19.3%
45 to 54	10.0%	15.3%
55 to 64	27.5%	13.9%
65 to 74	25.7%	14.4%
75 and over	15.5%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Lure	Spindale
White (non-Hispanic)	82.5%	79.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	14.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.6%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.2%
Two or more races	9.0%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	7.7%	2.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Lure	Spindale
No high school diploma	3.7%	16.9%
High school graduate	11.7%	29.0%
Some college or associate's	26.0%	39.8%
Bachelor's degree	36.1%	9.7%
Graduate or professional degree	22.6%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Lure	Spindale
Drove alone	56.5%	77.5%
Carpooled	3.8%	12.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.2%
Worked from home	29.1%	7.6%
Other means	5.7%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Lure	Spindale
1-unit, detached	72.0%	76.0%
1-unit, attached	5.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	12.7%	5.0%
5 to 19 units	8.8%	10.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.7%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	2.0%

Poverty & households

	Lake Lure	Spindale
Poverty rate	8.9%	16.9%
Average household size	1.82	1.97
Mean commute (minutes)	38	24
Median year structure built	1986	1958