Hope Mills vs Vander

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

Hope Mills and Vander 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 1,614 in Vander). Vander has the higher median household income ($63,611 vs $60,671 in Hope Mills). Vander has the higher median home value ($219,900 vs $176,300 in Hope Mills).

Population, income & housing

	Hope Mills	Vander
Population	17,823	1,614
Median age	33.3 yrs	49.4 yrs
Median household income	$60,671	$63,611
Median home value	$176,300	$219,900
Median gross rent	$1,097	$916
Housing units	6,872	732
Homeownership rate	63.4%	75.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.6%	21.1%
Unemployment rate	7.8%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hope Mills	Vander
Population	15,769 → 17,823 (+13.0%)	1,006 → 1,614 (+60.4%)
Median household income	$48,948 → $60,671 (+23.9%)	$37,423 → $63,611 (+70.0%)
Median home value	$134,900 → $176,300 (+30.7%)	$115,600 → $219,900 (+90.2%)
Median gross rent	$928 → $1,097 (+18.2%)	$814 → $916 (+12.5%)

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

Vander

Population

1,0061,614

Median household income

$37,423$63,611

Median home value

$115,600$219,900

Median gross rent

$814$916

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hope Mills	Vander
Under 5	7.6%	4.3%
5 to 17	20.4%	16.2%
18 to 24	10.1%	2.7%
25 to 34	14.4%	6.6%
35 to 44	13.4%	17.3%
45 to 54	13.0%	13.1%
55 to 64	9.7%	18.5%
65 to 74	7.0%	10.4%
75 and over	4.5%	10.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hope Mills	Vander
White (non-Hispanic)	41.6%	55.0%
Black or African American	33.7%	35.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.5%	3.3%
Asian	1.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.4%	6.6%
Hispanic or Latino	15.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hope Mills	Vander
No high school diploma	7.0%	7.8%
High school graduate	26.6%	29.8%
Some college or associate's	42.7%	41.4%
Bachelor's degree	15.6%	8.4%
Graduate or professional degree	8.1%	12.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hope Mills	Vander
Drove alone	79.2%	91.6%
Carpooled	12.5%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.4%	8.4%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hope Mills	Vander
1-unit, detached	74.0%	71.2%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.7%	3.6%
5 to 19 units	9.0%	2.9%
20 or more units	3.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	22.4%

Poverty & households

	Hope Mills	Vander
Poverty rate	15.0%	29.7%
Average household size	2.73	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	27	28
Median year structure built	1994	1991