Spout SpringsNC
A town of 11,242, settled in 1870.
Is Spout Springs a good place to live?
Spout Springs grades C overall, 149th among North Carolina's 286 graded towns, with clear strengths and some subjects that lag. Residents are healthier than 87% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. On the other side, the typical home is worth about $358K, 5 years of the Anderson Creek area’s $71K median household income. Spout Springs’ median rent is $2,010 a month, against $1,084 a month in North Carolina’s towns and $1,185 a month across U.S. towns. Among 290 North Carolina towns, just 9 have a higher share of children under 18 than Spout Springs.
98% of working residents leave Spout Springs for work
Where Spout Springs’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Spout Springs grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within North Carolina), ordered by how far Spout Springs is from typical.
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Moving to Spout Springs: who provides what
Spout Springs is unincorporated, so Harnett County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Spout Springs.
Spout Springs has less heart disease than most of North Carolina and has more than doubled its jobs in ten years.
Spout Springs’ grade for health is an A
Its widest gap with North Carolina is heart disease: 3.5% of its 7,411 adults have heart disease, against 6.6% statewide.
9.6% of Spout Springs adults report frequent physical distress. Spout Springs beats the North Carolina average on 16 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 2. 7.6% of Spout Springs adults have diabetes.
| Spout Springs | North Carolina towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 9.6% | 13% | 14% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 7.6% | 13% | 12% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 14% | 16% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 38% | 35% |
| What stands out | Spout Springs | NC |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults with heart disease | 3.5% | 6.6% |
| Fewer adults with COPD | 3.9% | 7.1% |
| More binge drinkers | 19% | 14.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
| Spout Springs | North Carolina towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 0.5% | 3.4% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.4 miles per square mile | 0.2 | 0.4 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Spout Springs has 0.4 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Jobs based here grew from 537 in 2013 to 1,273.
Most working residents leave Spout Springs for work: only 2% work in town. The average trip to work in Spout Springs is 32 minutes. Since 2013, Spout Springs has added 736 jobs, to 1,273 in 2023.
| Spout Springs | North Carolina towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 32 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 4.2% | 13% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $92,000 | $69,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.1% | 6.8% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
More children than North Carolina overall
Children under 18 are 31% of residents (22% statewide); people 65 and older are 10% of residents (17% statewide). Spout Springs’ median age is 32 years. 41% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 36% across North Carolina.
| Spout Springs | North Carolina towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 32 years | 40.1 years | 40.5 years |
| Aged 65 or older | 10% | 18% | 18% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 41% | 29% | 29% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±2.6 points. Across North Carolina, 51.1% of residents are women.
| Spout Springs | NC | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 16.5% | 11.6% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 14% | 10.2% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 4.9% | 9.5% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 21.3% | 13.4% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 13% | 12.8% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 12.4% | 12.6% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 7.6% | 12.8% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 7.1% | 10.3% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 3.1% | 6.9% | 7% |
| No diploma | 5.8% | 9.9% | 10.4% |
| High school | 14.5% | 24.8% | 26% |
| Some college | 16.1% | 19.6% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 22.2% | 10.1% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 27.8% | 22.2% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 13.6% | 13.5% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
Mild winters and hot summers in Spout Springs
Spout Springs has mild winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 90°, January nights drop to 32° and about 1 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Moderate risk in Spout Springs, with inland flooding at the top
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 53% of U.S. communities. Since 1996, 2 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Spout Springs.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
A home in Spout Springs sells for about $425K at the median
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
WakeMed Soccer Park and 6 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Spout Springs. Close and well known come first.
39 mi Stadium & arenaWakeMed Soccer Park
18 mi MuseumAirborne & Special Operations Museum
10 mi Museum82nd Airborne Division War Memorial Museum31 mi Zoo & aquariumCarolina Tiger Rescue
37 mi MuseumYates Mill
20 mi MuseumWeymouth Woods-Sandhills Nature PreservePhoto credits
WakeMed Soccer Park: Hameltion, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Airborne & Special Operations Museum: US Army, Public domain · 82nd Airborne Division War Memorial Museum: Dragases (talk), Public domain · Yates Mill: Mark Turner, Public domain · Weymouth Woods-Sandhills Nature Preserve: Wyatt Greene, CC BY-SA 3.0
Everything we know about Spout Springs
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of Spout Springs
About 8 of every 100 Spout Springs residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across North Carolina.
About Spout Springs
Census-designated place in North Carolina, United States
Spout Springs is a Census-designated place in Johnsonville Township of Harnett County, North Carolina, United States. It was first listed as a CDP in the 2020 census with a population of 11,040. It is a part of the Dunn Micropolitan Area, which is also a part of the greater Raleigh–Durham–Cary Combined Statistical Area (CSA) as defined by the United States Census Bureau. Spout Springs formerly produced lumber and naval stores. The area population has increased greatly in the 21st century due to the expansion of nearby Ft. Bragg.
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Spout Springs’s neighbors
One town shares a border with Spout Springs.
| Town | NC rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spout Springs | #149 | C | D | — | C+ | A |
| Barbecue | — | — | B+ | — | C+ | — |
Spout Springs and Barbecue report no FBI crime data of their own. Barbecue isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Spout Springs with a neighbor →
Questions about Spout Springs
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Spout Springs, NC a good place to live?
Spout Springs grades C overall, better than 33% of U.S. towns and #149 of 286 in North Carolina. It grades A for health and C+ for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a D.
Is Spout Springs, NC expensive?
Yes. The typical home is worth about $359,000, 8% above the North Carolina typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades D.