Eastover vs Hope Mills

A side-by-side comparison of Eastover and Hope Mills: population, income, housing, and more.

Eastover and Hope Mills are places in North Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Hope Mills has the higher population (17,823 vs 3,666 in Eastover). Eastover has the higher median household income ($80,000 vs $60,671 in Hope Mills). Eastover has the higher median home value ($238,900 vs $176,300 in Hope Mills).

Population, income & housing

	Eastover	Hope Mills
Population	3,666	17,823
Median age	44.7 yrs	33.3 yrs
Median household income	$80,000	$60,671
Median home value	$238,900	$176,300
Median gross rent	$1,122	$1,097
Housing units	1,577	6,872
Homeownership rate	80.7%	63.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.0%	23.6%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	7.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Eastover	Hope Mills
Population	3,710 → 3,666 (-1.2%)	15,769 → 17,823 (+13.0%)
Median household income	$53,526 → $80,000 (+49.5%)	$48,948 → $60,671 (+23.9%)
Median home value	$183,900 → $238,900 (+29.9%)	$134,900 → $176,300 (+30.7%)
Median gross rent	$775 → $1,122 (+44.8%)	$928 → $1,097 (+18.2%)

Eastover

Population

3,7103,666

Median household income

$53,526$80,000

Median home value

$183,900$238,900

Median gross rent

$775$1,122

Hope Mills

Population

15,76917,823

Median household income

$48,948$60,671

Median home value

$134,900$176,300

Median gross rent

$928$1,097

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Eastover	Hope Mills
Under 5	3.5%	7.6%
5 to 17	21.2%	20.4%
18 to 24	6.4%	10.1%
25 to 34	7.3%	14.4%
35 to 44	12.2%	13.4%
45 to 54	12.7%	13.0%
55 to 64	13.6%	9.7%
65 to 74	15.0%	7.0%
75 and over	8.0%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Eastover	Hope Mills
White (non-Hispanic)	77.3%	41.6%
Black or African American	9.0%	33.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.9%	1.5%
Asian	0.0%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.7%	0.5%
Two or more races	4.2%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	5.8%	15.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Eastover	Hope Mills
No high school diploma	4.8%	7.0%
High school graduate	23.9%	26.6%
Some college or associate's	37.3%	42.7%
Bachelor's degree	18.9%	15.6%
Graduate or professional degree	15.1%	8.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Eastover	Hope Mills
Drove alone	78.5%	79.2%
Carpooled	10.5%	12.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.0%	7.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Eastover	Hope Mills
1-unit, detached	86.6%	74.0%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	9.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	9.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.1%
Mobile home & other	11.5%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Eastover	Hope Mills
Poverty rate	13.6%	15.0%
Average household size	2.55	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	22	27
Median year structure built	1986	1994