Marshville vs Mineral Springs

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

Marshville 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 2,586 in Marshville). Mineral Springs has the higher median household income ($88,203 vs $60,784 in Marshville). Mineral Springs has the higher median home value ($353,500 vs $147,100 in Marshville).

Population, income & housing

	Marshville	Mineral Springs
Population	2,586	3,244
Median age	36.2 yrs	48.3 yrs
Median household income	$60,784	$88,203
Median home value	$147,100	$353,500
Median gross rent	$1,063	$1,329
Housing units	960	1,326
Homeownership rate	56.2%	86.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.3%	32.0%
Unemployment rate	10.5%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Marshville	Mineral Springs
Population	2,714 → 2,586 (-4.7%)	3,008 → 3,244 (+7.8%)
Median household income	$44,875 → $60,784 (+35.5%)	$70,250 → $88,203 (+25.6%)
Median home value	$105,000 → $147,100 (+40.1%)	$242,500 → $353,500 (+45.8%)
Median gross rent	$841 → $1,063 (+26.4%)	$1,013 → $1,329 (+31.2%)

Marshville

Population

2,7142,586

Median household income

$44,875$60,784

Median home value

$105,000$147,100

Median gross rent

$841$1,063

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)

	Marshville	Mineral Springs
Under 5	6.4%	6.8%
5 to 17	23.2%	13.1%
18 to 24	8.9%	8.4%
25 to 34	9.7%	5.4%
35 to 44	16.7%	12.4%
45 to 54	12.5%	17.0%
55 to 64	9.4%	19.0%
65 to 74	6.3%	13.2%
75 and over	6.8%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Marshville	Mineral Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	45.1%	88.7%
Black or African American	45.3%	6.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.4%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	7.2%	2.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Marshville	Mineral Springs
No high school diploma	18.4%	7.1%
High school graduate	33.6%	29.5%
Some college or associate's	34.7%	31.4%
Bachelor's degree	9.3%	24.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.0%	7.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Marshville	Mineral Springs
Drove alone	81.0%	66.6%
Carpooled	10.5%	8.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.9%	24.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Marshville	Mineral Springs
1-unit, detached	81.8%	93.8%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.8%	1.6%
5 to 19 units	2.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.9%	4.6%

Poverty & households

	Marshville	Mineral Springs
Poverty rate	18.0%	6.2%
Average household size	2.95	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	30	37
Median year structure built	1972	1991