
North Carolina · Census place 43360
Mineral Springs, NC population, income and ZIP codes
Quick answer
The population of the city of Mineral Springs, North Carolina (Mineral Springs, NC — Census place “Mineral Springs town”) is 3,244 residents, ranking #246 of 777 places in North Carolina. Median household income is $88,203, the median home is worth $353,500 and median gross rent runs $1,329 a month. Looking for the Mineral Springs North Carolina ZIP code list? 2 ZIP codes serve Mineral Springs, NC: 28108, 28173.
- Population
- 3,244Mineral Springs town residents
- Median household income
- $88,203Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $353,500Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $1,329Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 48.3 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 86%Owner-occupied households
Mineral Springs ZIP codes (North Carolina)
Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Mineral Springs.
The Mineral Springs NC ZIP code list below covers 2 ZIP codes. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.
What the numbers mean in Mineral Springs town
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
A household earning the Mineral Springs town median would spend about 18.1% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 4.0× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 6.2% of residents and 86% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
Mineral Springs town, NC in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
Mineral Springs town is a small town in North Carolina, with 3,244 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #246 of 777 ranked by population — larger than 68% of them. The median age here is 48.3 years against 39.1 nationally, a markedly older profile that usually tracks retirees staying put and younger households leaving for work. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.
Households in Mineral Springs town earn a median of $88,203 a year, 12.3% above the national figure of $78,538 and 44% above the $61,228 median for the 459 North Carolina cities we cover. This figure covers the household, not the worker: two people on ordinary wages at one address outrank a single professional in the same table. Poverty reaches 6.2% of residents here, less than half the 12.4% national rate.
The typical owner-occupied home in Mineral Springs town is valued at $353,500, 16.5% above the national figure and 61% above the $219,800 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,329 a month, 5.5% below the national figure, or roughly $15,948 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 18.1% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 4×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 86% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, an owner-dominated market where rental listings are scarce and rent medians rest on a thin sample. Rent is reported gross — contract rent plus tenant-paid utilities — which is why it runs above the advertised price on a listing for the same unit.
No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.
Compare with nearby places
Places of similar size in North Carolina.
- Belville town 3,183
- Burgaw town 3,249
- Green Level town 3,179
- Plymouth town 3,264
- East Rockingham CDP 3,177
- Elizabethtown town 3,294
- Bermuda Run town 3,166
- Spencer town 3,305
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Frequently asked questions
Common questions about this area.
- What is the population of Mineral Springs town?
- Mineral Springs town has 3,244 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #246 of 777 in North Carolina.
- What is the median household income in Mineral Springs town?
- Median household income in Mineral Springs town is $88,203 a year, 12.3% above the national figure of $78,538.
- How much does it cost to rent or buy in Mineral Springs town?
- Median gross rent is $1,329 a month and the median home value is $353,500, so rent absorbs about 18.1% of median household income.
- Is Mineral Springs town affordable compared with the rest of the US?
- Homes cost about 4× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Mineral Springs town is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 18.1% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
- How current is this Mineral Springs town data?
- All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.