JAARS vs Mineral Springs

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

JAARS 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 769 in JAARS). Mineral Springs has the higher median household income ($88,203 vs $64,107 in JAARS). Mineral Springs has the higher median home value ($353,500 vs $9,999 in JAARS).

Population, income & housing

	JAARS	Mineral Springs
Population	769	3,244
Median age	42.1 yrs	48.3 yrs
Median household income	$64,107	$88,203
Median home value	$9,999	$353,500
Median gross rent	—	$1,329
Housing units	242	1,326
Homeownership rate	91.6%	86.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.6%	32.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	JAARS	Mineral Springs
Population	443 → 769 (+73.6%)	3,008 → 3,244 (+7.8%)
Median household income	$53,462 → $64,107 (+19.9%)	$70,250 → $88,203 (+25.6%)
Median home value	$163,400 → $9,999 (-93.9%)	$242,500 → $353,500 (+45.8%)
Median gross rent	$775 → $834 (+7.6%)	$1,013 → $1,329 (+31.2%)

JAARS

Population

443769

Median household income

$53,462$64,107

Median home value

$163,400$9,999

Median gross rent

$775$834

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)

	JAARS	Mineral Springs
Under 5	0.0%	6.8%
5 to 17	40.6%	13.1%
18 to 24	5.5%	8.4%
25 to 34	2.7%	5.4%
35 to 44	10.0%	12.4%
45 to 54	16.8%	17.0%
55 to 64	18.5%	19.0%
65 to 74	0.0%	13.2%
75 and over	6.0%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	JAARS	Mineral Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	30.2%	88.7%
Black or African American	69.8%	6.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	JAARS	Mineral Springs
No high school diploma	22.2%	7.1%
High school graduate	36.1%	29.5%
Some college or associate's	3.1%	31.4%
Bachelor's degree	35.7%	24.8%
Graduate or professional degree	2.9%	7.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	JAARS	Mineral Springs
Drove alone	40.2%	66.6%
Carpooled	13.1%	8.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	46.7%	24.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	JAARS	Mineral Springs
1-unit, detached	31.4%	93.8%
1-unit, attached	31.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.6%
5 to 19 units	36.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	4.6%

Poverty & households

	JAARS	Mineral Springs
Poverty rate	25.4%	6.2%
Average household size	4.45	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	39	37
Median year structure built	1986	1991