Fayetteville vs Hope Mills

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

Fayetteville 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.

Fayetteville has the higher population (209,692 vs 17,823 in Hope Mills). Hope Mills has the higher median household income ($60,671 vs $56,395 in Fayetteville). Hope Mills has the higher median home value ($176,300 vs $171,900 in Fayetteville).

Population, income & housing

	Fayetteville	Hope Mills
Population	209,692	17,823
Median age	30.7 yrs	33.3 yrs
Median household income	$56,395	$60,671
Median home value	$171,900	$176,300
Median gross rent	$1,179	$1,097
Housing units	91,309	6,872
Homeownership rate	46.5%	63.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.6%	23.6%
Unemployment rate	8.2%	7.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fayetteville	Hope Mills
Population	210,432 → 209,692 (-0.4%)	15,769 → 17,823 (+13.0%)
Median household income	$45,024 → $56,395 (+25.3%)	$48,948 → $60,671 (+23.9%)
Median home value	$131,000 → $171,900 (+31.2%)	$134,900 → $176,300 (+30.7%)
Median gross rent	$947 → $1,179 (+24.5%)	$928 → $1,097 (+18.2%)

Fayetteville

Population

210,432209,692

Median household income

$45,024$56,395

Median home value

$131,000$171,900

Median gross rent

$947$1,179

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)

	Fayetteville	Hope Mills
Under 5	7.7%	7.6%
5 to 17	16.2%	20.4%
18 to 24	14.3%	10.1%
25 to 34	19.0%	14.4%
35 to 44	11.7%	13.4%
45 to 54	8.9%	13.0%
55 to 64	9.6%	9.7%
65 to 74	7.4%	7.0%
75 and over	5.3%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fayetteville	Hope Mills
White (non-Hispanic)	34.8%	41.6%
Black or African American	41.0%	33.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	1.5%
Asian	3.0%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.5%
Two or more races	6.1%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	13.0%	15.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fayetteville	Hope Mills
No high school diploma	6.6%	7.0%
High school graduate	25.6%	26.6%
Some college or associate's	39.2%	42.7%
Bachelor's degree	18.6%	15.6%
Graduate or professional degree	10.0%	8.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fayetteville	Hope Mills
Drove alone	74.2%	79.2%
Carpooled	9.9%	12.5%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	7.0%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.6%	7.4%
Other means	1.6%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fayetteville	Hope Mills
1-unit, detached	61.4%	74.0%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	8.5%	9.7%
5 to 19 units	17.2%	9.0%
20 or more units	7.1%	3.1%
Mobile home & other	3.1%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Fayetteville	Hope Mills
Poverty rate	18.1%	15.0%
Average household size	2.37	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	19	27
Median year structure built	1983	1994