Barker Heights vs Hoopers Creek

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

Barker Heights 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 1,025 in Barker Heights). Hoopers Creek has the higher median household income ($64,792 vs $28,929 in Barker Heights). Hoopers Creek has the higher median home value ($297,300 vs $199,700 in Barker Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Barker Heights	Hoopers Creek
Population	1,025	1,623
Median age	45.6 yrs	40.4 yrs
Median household income	$28,929	$64,792
Median home value	$199,700	$297,300
Median gross rent	$790	$1,117
Housing units	538	736
Homeownership rate	33.9%	81.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.3%	20.4%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Barker Heights	Hoopers Creek
Population	1,354 → 1,025 (-24.3%)	1,088 → 1,623 (+49.2%)
Median household income	$29,268 → $28,929 (-1.2%)	$54,284 → $64,792 (+19.4%)
Median home value	$147,000 → $199,700 (+35.9%)	$199,900 → $297,300 (+48.7%)
Median gross rent	$647 → $790 (+22.1%)	$968 → $1,117 (+15.4%)

Barker Heights

Population

1,3541,025

Median household income

$29,268$28,929

Median home value

$147,000$199,700

Median gross rent

$647$790

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)

	Barker Heights	Hoopers Creek
Under 5	2.8%	4.8%
5 to 17	16.2%	25.4%
18 to 24	9.7%	3.9%
25 to 34	9.0%	11.5%
35 to 44	11.2%	17.0%
45 to 54	30.0%	13.4%
55 to 64	14.4%	5.2%
65 to 74	4.3%	12.0%
75 and over	2.3%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Barker Heights	Hoopers Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	44.5%	91.4%
Black or African American	9.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.4%	5.6%
Hispanic or Latino	37.3%	3.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Barker Heights	Hoopers Creek
No high school diploma	33.2%	9.2%
High school graduate	33.8%	31.9%
Some college or associate's	29.7%	38.5%
Bachelor's degree	1.4%	10.3%
Graduate or professional degree	1.9%	10.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Barker Heights	Hoopers Creek
Drove alone	98.5%	89.8%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	10.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.5%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Barker Heights	Hoopers Creek
1-unit, detached	70.6%	93.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	22.9%	6.3%

Poverty & households

	Barker Heights	Hoopers Creek
Poverty rate	41.3%	7.2%
Average household size	1.96	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	18	18
Median year structure built	1964	1989