Hope Mills vs Wade

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

Hope Mills and Wade 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 565 in Wade). Wade has the higher median household income ($67,574 vs $60,671 in Hope Mills). Wade has the higher median home value ($204,200 vs $176,300 in Hope Mills).

Population, income & housing

	Hope Mills	Wade
Population	17,823	565
Median age	33.3 yrs	43.1 yrs
Median household income	$60,671	$67,574
Median home value	$176,300	$204,200
Median gross rent	$1,097	$1,158
Housing units	6,872	273
Homeownership rate	63.4%	66.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.6%	16.5%
Unemployment rate	7.8%	19.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hope Mills	Wade
Population	15,769 → 17,823 (+13.0%)	684 → 565 (-17.4%)
Median household income	$48,948 → $60,671 (+23.9%)	$48,846 → $67,574 (+38.3%)
Median home value	$134,900 → $176,300 (+30.7%)	$93,800 → $204,200 (+117.7%)
Median gross rent	$928 → $1,097 (+18.2%)	$775 → $1,158 (+49.4%)

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

Wade

Population

684565

Median household income

$48,846$67,574

Median home value

$93,800$204,200

Median gross rent

$775$1,158

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hope Mills	Wade
Under 5	7.6%	11.3%
5 to 17	20.4%	12.0%
18 to 24	10.1%	5.8%
25 to 34	14.4%	14.3%
35 to 44	13.4%	8.8%
45 to 54	13.0%	8.1%
55 to 64	9.7%	22.5%
65 to 74	7.0%	12.0%
75 and over	4.5%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hope Mills	Wade
White (non-Hispanic)	41.6%	86.4%
Black or African American	33.7%	11.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.5%	0.4%
Asian	1.9%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.4%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	15.5%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hope Mills	Wade
No high school diploma	7.0%	7.0%
High school graduate	26.6%	45.0%
Some college or associate's	42.7%	31.5%
Bachelor's degree	15.6%	11.5%
Graduate or professional degree	8.1%	5.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hope Mills	Wade
Drove alone	79.2%	83.3%
Carpooled	12.5%	8.4%
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	Wade
1-unit, detached	74.0%	71.8%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	2.9%
2 to 4 units	9.7%	3.7%
5 to 19 units	9.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	21.6%

Poverty & households

	Hope Mills	Wade
Poverty rate	15.0%	17.0%
Average household size	2.73	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	27	30
Median year structure built	1994	1988