Balfour vs Hoopers Creek

A side-by-side comparison of Balfour and Hoopers Creek: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Hoopers Creek has the higher population (1,623 vs 1,132 in Balfour). Balfour has the higher median household income ($69,545 vs $64,792 in Hoopers Creek). Hoopers Creek has the higher median home value ($297,300 vs $294,200 in Balfour).

Population, income & housing

	Balfour	Hoopers Creek
Population	1,132	1,623
Median age	42.5 yrs	40.4 yrs
Median household income	$69,545	$64,792
Median home value	$294,200	$297,300
Median gross rent	$743	$1,117
Housing units	582	736
Homeownership rate	71.4%	81.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.3%	20.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Balfour	Hoopers Creek
Population	1,216 → 1,132 (-6.9%)	1,088 → 1,623 (+49.2%)
Median household income	$32,411 → $69,545 (+114.6%)	$54,284 → $64,792 (+19.4%)
Median home value	$162,800 → $294,200 (+80.7%)	$199,900 → $297,300 (+48.7%)
Median gross rent	$627 → $743 (+18.5%)	$968 → $1,117 (+15.4%)

Balfour

Population

1,2161,132

Median household income

$32,411$69,545

Median home value

$162,800$294,200

Median gross rent

$627$743

Hoopers Creek

Population

1,0881,623

Median household income

$54,284$64,792

Median home value

$199,900$297,300

Median gross rent

$968$1,117

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Balfour	Hoopers Creek
Under 5	5.9%	4.8%
5 to 17	4.2%	25.4%
18 to 24	2.9%	3.9%
25 to 34	21.7%	11.5%
35 to 44	16.8%	17.0%
45 to 54	11.3%	13.4%
55 to 64	11.7%	5.2%
65 to 74	19.2%	12.0%
75 and over	6.2%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Balfour	Hoopers Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	83.4%	91.4%
Black or African American	1.9%	0.0%
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	5.5%	5.6%
Hispanic or Latino	9.3%	3.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Balfour	Hoopers Creek
No high school diploma	6.8%	9.2%
High school graduate	22.5%	31.9%
Some college or associate's	30.4%	38.5%
Bachelor's degree	27.8%	10.3%
Graduate or professional degree	12.5%	10.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Balfour	Hoopers Creek
Drove alone	82.1%	89.8%
Carpooled	5.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	10.2%
Bicycle	5.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.4%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Balfour	Hoopers Creek
1-unit, detached	78.5%	93.8%
1-unit, attached	4.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	7.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.8%	6.3%

Poverty & households

	Balfour	Hoopers Creek
Poverty rate	7.8%	7.2%
Average household size	2.31	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	16	18
Median year structure built	1976	1989