Red Springs is a city of 3,125 people in North Carolina. The poverty rate is 40.0%, above the 12.5% national rate. That trails the North Carolina median by roughly 71%. Four-year degrees are less common here than nationally, at 18% of adults. That sits in the bottom 4% of US cities for household income. This skews young, with a median age of 32.7.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $20,833, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Younger
median age 32.7
US median: 38.9
Less educated
18% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
More affordable
home values down 6%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Red Springs
What changed most since 1990
Poverty rate25.6% → 40.0%(+14.4 pts)US over the same years: −0.8 pts
Homes owned by their occupants65.8% → 52.4%(−13.4 pts)US over the same years: +0.9 pts
Median age35.0 → 32.7(−2.3 years)US over the same years: +6.0 years
Red Springs's population equals 2.7% of Robeson County's. Its number of people who work from home equals 0.2% of the county's. Its number of foreign-born residents equals 0.7% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)7.3%(9)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)24.4%(30)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era21.1%(26)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War0%(0)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0%(0)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 123 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Red Springs, decade by decade
Red Springs population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
3,799
$42,983
$89,283
17.5%
71.3
2000
3,493
$44,073
$107,113
16.9%
76.3
2010
3,428
$35,536
$117,244
19.8%
80.6
2020
3,087
$29,606
$76,601
21.8%
87.8
2024
3,125
$20,833
$100,800
18.0%
84.1
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
