Lake Park vs Mineral Springs

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

Lake Park 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.

Lake Park has the higher population (3,365 vs 3,244 in Mineral Springs). Mineral Springs has the higher median household income ($88,203 vs $76,366 in Lake Park). Mineral Springs has the higher median home value ($353,500 vs $296,400 in Lake Park).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Park	Mineral Springs
Population	3,365	3,244
Median age	41.6 yrs	48.3 yrs
Median household income	$76,366	$88,203
Median home value	$296,400	$353,500
Median gross rent	$1,875	$1,329
Housing units	1,283	1,326
Homeownership rate	80.0%	86.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.5%	32.0%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Park	Mineral Springs
Population	3,798 → 3,365 (-11.4%)	3,008 → 3,244 (+7.8%)
Median household income	$76,267 → $76,366 (+0.1%)	$70,250 → $88,203 (+25.6%)
Median home value	$197,400 → $296,400 (+50.2%)	$242,500 → $353,500 (+45.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,656 → $1,875 (+13.2%)	$1,013 → $1,329 (+31.2%)

Lake Park

Population

3,7983,365

Median household income

$76,267$76,366

Median home value

$197,400$296,400

Median gross rent

$1,656$1,875

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)

	Lake Park	Mineral Springs
Under 5	6.4%	6.8%
5 to 17	16.3%	13.1%
18 to 24	5.0%	8.4%
25 to 34	10.1%	5.4%
35 to 44	17.4%	12.4%
45 to 54	10.8%	17.0%
55 to 64	11.6%	19.0%
65 to 74	13.0%	13.2%
75 and over	9.5%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Park	Mineral Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	81.4%	88.7%
Black or African American	1.6%	6.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.7%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	12.5%	2.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Park	Mineral Springs
No high school diploma	6.5%	7.1%
High school graduate	16.4%	29.5%
Some college or associate's	34.6%	31.4%
Bachelor's degree	28.9%	24.8%
Graduate or professional degree	13.6%	7.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Park	Mineral Springs
Drove alone	75.5%	66.6%
Carpooled	6.3%	8.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.8%	24.4%
Other means	0.1%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Park	Mineral Springs
1-unit, detached	72.6%	93.8%
1-unit, attached	18.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.3%	1.6%
5 to 19 units	6.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	4.6%

Poverty & households

	Lake Park	Mineral Springs
Poverty rate	4.4%	6.2%
Average household size	2.59	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	27	37
Median year structure built	1997	1991