Spring Lake is a medium-sized town located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 11,507 people and nine associated neighborhoods, Spring Lake is the 84th largest community in North Carolina.Spring Lake is a military town: the armed forces employs 30.11% of the workforce, making the military a major focus of life in the city. In the civilian sector, Healthcare and Retail are important in the local economy and are the town’s largest civilian employers, employing 19.33% and 14.31% of the civilian workforce respectively. The population of Spring Lake overall has a level of education that is slightly above the US average for all US cities and towns of 21.84%. Of adults 25 and older in Spring Lake, 24.77% have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Spring Lake in 2022 was $23,923, which is lower middle income relative to North Carolina, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $95,692 for a family of four. However, Spring Lake contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Spring Lake is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Spring Lake home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Spring Lake residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Spring Lake also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 15.72% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Spring Lake include German, Irish, Italian, English, and Jamaican. The most common language spoken in Spring Lake is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
