Spout SpringsNC
Today 11,242 people live in this town, first settled in 1870.
Is Spout Springs a good place to live?
Spout Springs’s lowest grade is for cost of living (D): the typical home is worth about $358K, 5 years of the Anderson Creek area’s $71K median household income. Health is its strong suit: CDC estimates put its residents' health ahead of 87% of the country. Overall, that makes a C, better than 33% of U.S. towns. In the ranking it comes 149th of 286 in North Carolina. Spout Springs’ rent at the middle of the market is $2,010 a month, against $1,084 a month in North Carolina’s towns and $1,185 a month across U.S. towns. Elsewhere it is close to typical: B for incomes, B− for walkability and C+ for hazard risk.
Figures: health, CDC PLACES · home values, Zillow · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · FEMA National Risk Index.
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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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
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.
The share of adults in Spout Springs who get no exercise outside work: 18%. Among 289 North Carolina towns, just 5 have a higher share of adults who binge drink than Spout Springs. On the CDC’s 32 measures, Spout Springs is ahead of North Carolina on 16 and behind on 2.
| 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
0.5% of the land in Spout Springs is protected from building
4.1 miles of trail. Spout Springs’ trail network density is 0.4 miles per square mile.
| 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 per working resident, so most workers leave town for work
Jobs based here grew from 537 in 2013 to 1,273.
In Spout Springs, the mean commuting time is 32 minutes. Commuting out is the norm here: 2% of working residents work locally. Also worth knowing: for residents here, the share who live below the poverty line is 4.2%. Employers in Spout Springs added 736 jobs between 2013 and 2023, to 1,273.
| 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). In Spout Springs, just over two in five adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more. Spout Springs’ median age comes in at 32 years. Among 290 North Carolina towns, just 9 have a higher share of children under 18 than Spout Springs.
| Spout Springs | North Carolina towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 18 | 31% | 22% | 22% |
| 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: that is Spout Springs’ year
Spout Springs’ midsummer high stands at 90°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Moderate risk in Spout Springs, with inland flooding at the top
Compared with 53% of U.S. communities, expected storm and flood damage in Spout Springs is higher. Of the losses FEMA expects locally, 49% come from inland flooding and 18% from tornadoes. This North Carolina town has had 2 paid flood insurance claims since 1996.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
A home in Spout Springs sells for about $370K at the median
On the market in Spout Springs: a median 43 days to sell. Among 277 North Carolina towns, just 10 have a higher rent at the middle of the market than Spout Springs. Spout Springs: three quarters of households own their home.
| Spout Springs | North Carolina towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $2,010 a month | $1,084 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 75% | 67% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Spout Springs
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
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.
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.
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