Spring Lake is a somewhat small town located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 11,762 people and nine associated neighborhoods, Spring Lake is the 84th largest community in North Carolina.

28.13% of the workforce is employed in the armed forces, making the military a huge focus of life in Spring Lake. Even though it is a military town, the civilian sector still plays an important role in the local economy. The Healthcare and Retail industries respectively employ 21.08% and 15.02% of the civilian workforce.

Spring Lake is also a college town, where lots of students live while attending area colleges. Because of the high percentage of people living in Spring Lake enrolled in college, Spring Lake has a number of services, amenities and opportunities geared towards the needs and activities of students.

In terms of college education, Spring Lake is somewhat better educated than the 21.84% who have a 4-year degree or higher in the typical US community: 27.11% of adults 25 and older in the town have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Spring Lake in 2022 was $21,891, which is low income relative to North Carolina and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $87,564 for a family of four.

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 White, followed by Black or African-American. 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 19.19% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Spring Lake include German, Irish, Italian, English, and Polish.

The most common language spoken in Spring Lake is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.