What is the population of Spindale town?

Spindale town has 4,244 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #196 of 777 in North Carolina.

What is the median household income in Spindale town?

Median household income in Spindale town is $38,509 a year, 51% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Spindale town?

Median gross rent is $707 a month and the median home value is $130,800, so rent absorbs about 22% of median household income.

Is Spindale town affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 3.4× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Spindale town is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 22% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Spindale, NC population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Spindale, North Carolina (Spindale, NC — Census place “Spindale town”) is 4,244 residents, ranking #196 of 777 places in North Carolina. Median household income is $38,509, the median home is worth $130,800 and median gross rent runs $707 a month. Looking for the Spindale North Carolina ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Spindale, NC: 28160.

Population: 4,244Spindale town residents
Median household income: $38,509Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $130,800Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $707Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 44.9 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 45.9%Owner-occupied households

Spindale ZIP codes (North Carolina)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Spindale.

The Spindale NC ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

28160

What the numbers mean in Spindale town

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Spindale town median would spend about 22% 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 3.4× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 16.9% of residents and 45.9% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Spindale town, NC in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Spindale town is a small town in North Carolina, with 4,244 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #196 of 777 ranked by population — larger than 74% of them. The median age here is 44.9 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. 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 Spindale town earn a median of $38,509 a year, 51% below the national figure of $78,538 and 37% below 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 16.9% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Spindale town is valued at $130,800, 56.9% below the national figure and 40% below the $219,800 peer median, while median gross rent runs $707 a month, 49.7% below the national figure, or roughly $8,484 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 22% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 3.4×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 45.9% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

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.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Spindale town?: Spindale town has 4,244 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #196 of 777 in North Carolina.
What is the median household income in Spindale town?: Median household income in Spindale town is $38,509 a year, 51% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Spindale town?: Median gross rent is $707 a month and the median home value is $130,800, so rent absorbs about 22% of median household income.
Is Spindale town affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 3.4× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Spindale town is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 22% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Spindale 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.