Browse / United States / North Carolina / Spindale
Spindale
North Carolinatown
Total population
4,131
Median home value
$167,400
Bachelor's+
Median income
$41,262
Demographic figures from US Census Bureau · ACS 5-year estimates. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
Overview
Spindale is a town that lies in North Carolina, United States. Recent open-data figures place its population at about 4,131. Its coordinates of 35.360°, -81.923° place it in the warm-temperate zone of the northern hemisphere. Solar-resource estimates put the area at about 1,621 kWh/m² of solar irradiance per year with sunshine for roughly 63% of daylight hours. Its latitude implies a climate characterised by warm summers and cool winters. Resident density is around 295 per km², indicating a medium-density urban fabric. It covers about 14 km² of land area. The remainder of this page draws on open public data to describe the area's demographics, climate, environment and nearby amenities.
Summary composed automatically from structured open data on this page. See our Terms for details.
History & geography
Demographics & economy
Race & ethnicity
Source: US Census Bureau — American Community Survey, 5-year estimates.
Geography
Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.
Climate
Current forecast
Forecast for Spindale, NC from NOAA NWS API.
Air quality
Industrial & pollution facilities
Natural hazard risk
Health (adults)
Age-adjusted prevalence estimates from CDC PLACES (latest release).
Walkability
Amenities nearby
Wildlife & biodiversity
Schools
Largest nearby schools
- Thomas Jefferson Class AcademyOther · Mooresboro · 1,360 students · 17.2:1 ratio
- R-S Central High SchoolHigh · Rutherfordton · 758 students · 14.3:1 ratio
- Chase High SchoolHigh · Forest City · 660 students · 13.2:1 ratio
- East Rutherford High SchoolHigh · Bostic · 659 students · 13.2:1 ratio
- Ellenboro Elementary SchoolElementary · Ellenboro · 595 students · 13.8:1 ratio
- R-S Middle SchoolMiddle · Rutherfordton · 574 students · 14.3:1 ratio
- East Rutherford Middle SchoolMiddle · Bostic · 552 students · 14.9:1 ratio
- Chase Middle SchoolMiddle · Forest City · 501 students · 14.3:1 ratio
Public K–12 schools within ~10 mi from Urban Institute Education Data Portal (NCES Common Core of Data, 2022).
Earthquake history
Photos
Sights & places nearby
Notable people from here
Geography & sun
Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.
Nearby airports
Public attention
Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.
Books about Spindale

Search results from Open Library.
Recent natural events nearby
Ground air-quality sensors
Recently spotted species
Nearest stream gauge
Events
Gallery
Sources
- • US Census Bureau (ACS 5-year estimates)
- • NOAA National Weather Service
- • NCES via Urban Institute Education Data Portal
- • CDC PLACES
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
- • Wikipedia Pageviews API
- • Open Library