Hemby Bridge vs Mineral Springs

A side-by-side comparison of Hemby Bridge and Mineral Springs: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Mineral Springs has the higher population (3,244 vs 2,079 in Hemby Bridge). Mineral Springs has the higher median household income ($88,203 vs $71,953 in Hemby Bridge). Mineral Springs has the higher median home value ($353,500 vs $262,300 in Hemby Bridge).

Population, income & housing

	Hemby Bridge	Mineral Springs
Population	2,079	3,244
Median age	40.6 yrs	48.3 yrs
Median household income	$71,953	$88,203
Median home value	$262,300	$353,500
Median gross rent	$1,229	$1,329
Housing units	803	1,326
Homeownership rate	79.4%	86.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.5%	32.0%
Unemployment rate	0.6%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hemby Bridge	Mineral Springs
Population	1,978 → 2,079 (+5.1%)	3,008 → 3,244 (+7.8%)
Median household income	$73,125 → $71,953 (-1.6%)	$70,250 → $88,203 (+25.6%)
Median home value	$144,200 → $262,300 (+81.9%)	$242,500 → $353,500 (+45.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,016 → $1,229 (+21.0%)	$1,013 → $1,329 (+31.2%)

Hemby Bridge

Population

1,9782,079

Median household income

$73,125$71,953

Median home value

$144,200$262,300

Median gross rent

$1,016$1,229

Mineral Springs

Population

3,0083,244

Median household income

$70,250$88,203

Median home value

$242,500$353,500

Median gross rent

$1,013$1,329

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hemby Bridge	Mineral Springs
Under 5	5.4%	6.8%
5 to 17	21.9%	13.1%
18 to 24	3.2%	8.4%
25 to 34	7.8%	5.4%
35 to 44	19.3%	12.4%
45 to 54	12.3%	17.0%
55 to 64	13.0%	19.0%
65 to 74	7.5%	13.2%
75 and over	9.5%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hemby Bridge	Mineral Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	69.3%	88.7%
Black or African American	4.9%	6.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.5%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	4.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.9%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	16.3%	2.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hemby Bridge	Mineral Springs
No high school diploma	19.9%	7.1%
High school graduate	34.3%	29.5%
Some college or associate's	25.3%	31.4%
Bachelor's degree	16.4%	24.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.1%	7.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hemby Bridge	Mineral Springs
Drove alone	80.0%	66.6%
Carpooled	4.1%	8.8%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.3%	24.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hemby Bridge	Mineral Springs
1-unit, detached	93.3%	93.8%
1-unit, attached	3.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.6%
5 to 19 units	0.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.0%	4.6%

Poverty & households

	Hemby Bridge	Mineral Springs
Poverty rate	20.0%	6.2%
Average household size	2.67	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	25	37
Median year structure built	1974	1991