Spring Lake is a medium-sized town located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 11,530 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 31.22% of the workforce, making the military a major focus of life in the city. In the civilian sector, Healthcare and Accommodation are important in the local economy and are the town’s largest civilian employers, employing 21.29% and 11.85% of the civilian workforce respectively.

Also of interest is that Spring Lake has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

As is often the case in a small town, Spring Lake doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

The percentage of people in Spring Lake who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 21.84%: 25.20% of adults in Spring Lake have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Spring Lake in 2022 was $25,899, 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 $103,596 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 17.79% 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.