Halifax vs Hobgood

A side-by-side comparison of Halifax and Hobgood: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Halifax has the higher population (257 vs 215 in Hobgood). Halifax has the higher median household income ($61,321 vs $60,250 in Hobgood). Since 2019, Halifax's population has grown faster (+51.2% vs -26.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Halifax	Hobgood
Population	257	215
Median age	53.6 yrs	44.6 yrs
Median household income	$61,321	$60,250
Median home value	—	$59,200
Median gross rent	$1,010	—
Housing units	191	131
Homeownership rate	81.8%	84.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.8%	18.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Halifax	Hobgood
Population	170 → 257 (+51.2%)	291 → 215 (-26.1%)
Median household income	$22,222 → $61,321 (+175.9%)	$30,446 → $60,250 (+97.9%)
Median home value	$68,100 → $70,000 (+2.8%)	$62,500 → $59,200 (-5.3%)
Median gross rent	$538 → $1,010 (+87.7%)	$746 → $1,096 (+46.9%)

Halifax

Population

170257

Median household income

$22,222$61,321

Median home value

$68,100$70,000

Median gross rent

$538$1,010

Hobgood

Population

291215

Median household income

$30,446$60,250

Median home value

$62,500$59,200

Median gross rent

$746$1,096

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Halifax	Hobgood
Under 5	2.7%	0.5%
5 to 17	6.6%	19.5%
18 to 24	0.0%	4.7%
25 to 34	10.1%	5.6%
35 to 44	8.2%	24.7%
45 to 54	40.9%	1.9%
55 to 64	21.8%	14.9%
65 to 74	7.0%	21.4%
75 and over	2.7%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Halifax	Hobgood
White (non-Hispanic)	84.0%	39.5%
Black or African American	11.3%	56.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.7%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Halifax	Hobgood
No high school diploma	5.2%	8.6%
High school graduate	26.2%	38.3%
Some college or associate's	42.9%	34.6%
Bachelor's degree	18.5%	16.0%
Graduate or professional degree	7.3%	2.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Halifax	Hobgood
Drove alone	92.1%	83.8%
Carpooled	0.0%	5.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.5%	4.4%
Other means	2.0%	5.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Halifax	Hobgood
1-unit, detached	97.9%	77.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	22.9%

Poverty & households

	Halifax	Hobgood
Poverty rate	6.2%	3.3%
Average household size	1.62	2.65
Mean commute (minutes)	23	34
Median year structure built	1959	1961