Hope Mills vs Stedman

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

Hope Mills and Stedman 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 1,613 in Stedman). Stedman has the higher median household income ($105,491 vs $60,671 in Hope Mills). Stedman has the higher median home value ($205,800 vs $176,300 in Hope Mills).

Population, income & housing

	Hope Mills	Stedman
Population	17,823	1,613
Median age	33.3 yrs	34.4 yrs
Median household income	$60,671	$105,491
Median home value	$176,300	$205,800
Median gross rent	$1,097	$1,539
Housing units	6,872	645
Homeownership rate	63.4%	89.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.6%	35.4%
Unemployment rate	7.8%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hope Mills	Stedman
Population	15,769 → 17,823 (+13.0%)	1,364 → 1,613 (+18.3%)
Median household income	$48,948 → $60,671 (+23.9%)	$66,563 → $105,491 (+58.5%)
Median home value	$134,900 → $176,300 (+30.7%)	$161,600 → $205,800 (+27.4%)
Median gross rent	$928 → $1,097 (+18.2%)	$777 → $1,539 (+98.1%)

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

Stedman

Population

1,3641,613

Median household income

$66,563$105,491

Median home value

$161,600$205,800

Median gross rent

$777$1,539

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hope Mills	Stedman
Under 5	7.6%	6.8%
5 to 17	20.4%	22.5%
18 to 24	10.1%	7.6%
25 to 34	14.4%	15.1%
35 to 44	13.4%	20.1%
45 to 54	13.0%	7.8%
55 to 64	9.7%	11.9%
65 to 74	7.0%	4.1%
75 and over	4.5%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hope Mills	Stedman
White (non-Hispanic)	41.6%	69.6%
Black or African American	33.7%	17.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.5%	0.6%
Asian	1.9%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.4%	7.2%
Hispanic or Latino	15.5%	4.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hope Mills	Stedman
No high school diploma	7.0%	8.0%
High school graduate	26.6%	26.9%
Some college or associate's	42.7%	29.6%
Bachelor's degree	15.6%	22.3%
Graduate or professional degree	8.1%	13.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hope Mills	Stedman
Drove alone	79.2%	89.1%
Carpooled	12.5%	5.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.4%	4.1%
Other means	0.5%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hope Mills	Stedman
1-unit, detached	74.0%	96.4%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	9.7%	0.9%
5 to 19 units	9.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	2.2%

Poverty & households

	Hope Mills	Stedman
Poverty rate	15.0%	6.4%
Average household size	2.73	2.93
Mean commute (minutes)	27	29
Median year structure built	1994	2003