Mineral Springs vs Wingate

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

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

Wingate has the higher population (4,169 vs 3,244 in Mineral Springs). Mineral Springs has the higher median household income ($88,203 vs $65,208 in Wingate). Mineral Springs has the higher median home value ($353,500 vs $217,700 in Wingate).

Population, income & housing

	Mineral Springs	Wingate
Population	3,244	4,169
Median age	48.3 yrs	21.6 yrs
Median household income	$88,203	$65,208
Median home value	$353,500	$217,700
Median gross rent	$1,329	$1,050
Housing units	1,326	1,082
Homeownership rate	86.0%	61.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.0%	32.5%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mineral Springs	Wingate
Population	3,008 → 3,244 (+7.8%)	4,258 → 4,169 (-2.1%)
Median household income	$70,250 → $88,203 (+25.6%)	$50,583 → $65,208 (+28.9%)
Median home value	$242,500 → $353,500 (+45.8%)	$146,700 → $217,700 (+48.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,013 → $1,329 (+31.2%)	$868 → $1,050 (+21.0%)

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

Wingate

Population

4,2584,169

Median household income

$50,583$65,208

Median home value

$146,700$217,700

Median gross rent

$868$1,050

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mineral Springs	Wingate
Under 5	6.8%	3.3%
5 to 17	13.1%	13.0%
18 to 24	8.4%	49.5%
25 to 34	5.4%	7.1%
35 to 44	12.4%	8.2%
45 to 54	17.0%	6.0%
55 to 64	19.0%	3.8%
65 to 74	13.2%	4.3%
75 and over	4.7%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mineral Springs	Wingate
White (non-Hispanic)	88.7%	45.6%
Black or African American	6.4%	21.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	0.2%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.7%	5.9%
Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	25.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mineral Springs	Wingate
No high school diploma	7.1%	16.2%
High school graduate	29.5%	25.2%
Some college or associate's	31.4%	26.0%
Bachelor's degree	24.8%	23.7%
Graduate or professional degree	7.1%	8.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mineral Springs	Wingate
Drove alone	66.6%	51.3%
Carpooled	8.8%	19.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	13.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	24.4%	15.3%
Other means	0.3%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mineral Springs	Wingate
1-unit, detached	93.8%	82.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	1.6%	11.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.6%	1.7%

Poverty & households

	Mineral Springs	Wingate
Poverty rate	6.2%	17.7%
Average household size	2.73	2.92
Mean commute (minutes)	37	23
Median year structure built	1991	1985