Dana vs Fletcher

A side-by-side comparison of Dana and Fletcher: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Fletcher has the higher population (8,022 vs 3,824 in Dana). Fletcher has the higher median household income ($75,117 vs $55,801 in Dana). Fletcher has the higher median home value ($324,000 vs $223,400 in Dana).

Population, income & housing

	Dana	Fletcher
Population	3,824	8,022
Median age	40.4 yrs	45.5 yrs
Median household income	$55,801	$75,117
Median home value	$223,400	$324,000
Median gross rent	$901	$1,207
Housing units	1,602	3,760
Homeownership rate	77.7%	82.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.0%	39.1%
Unemployment rate	6.6%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dana	Fletcher
Population	3,919 → 3,824 (-2.4%)	8,117 → 8,022 (-1.2%)
Median household income	$45,146 → $55,801 (+23.6%)	$64,839 → $75,117 (+15.9%)
Median home value	$140,500 → $223,400 (+59.0%)	$215,700 → $324,000 (+50.2%)
Median gross rent	$773 → $901 (+16.6%)	$1,117 → $1,207 (+8.1%)

Dana

Population

3,9193,824

Median household income

$45,146$55,801

Median home value

$140,500$223,400

Median gross rent

$773$901

Fletcher

Population

8,1178,022

Median household income

$64,839$75,117

Median home value

$215,700$324,000

Median gross rent

$1,117$1,207

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dana	Fletcher
Under 5	5.1%	4.4%
5 to 17	22.3%	11.9%
18 to 24	3.0%	6.7%
25 to 34	7.1%	10.1%
35 to 44	21.1%	16.1%
45 to 54	15.8%	11.3%
55 to 64	4.5%	16.2%
65 to 74	14.6%	15.0%
75 and over	6.5%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dana	Fletcher
White (non-Hispanic)	60.0%	81.0%
Black or African American	0.4%	3.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	3.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.3%
Two or more races	2.6%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	36.1%	9.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dana	Fletcher
No high school diploma	23.3%	6.6%
High school graduate	27.5%	20.0%
Some college or associate's	29.2%	34.4%
Bachelor's degree	12.3%	30.0%
Graduate or professional degree	7.7%	9.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dana	Fletcher
Drove alone	79.4%	83.5%
Carpooled	7.6%	6.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.6%	9.7%
Other means	1.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dana	Fletcher
1-unit, detached	61.0%	63.7%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	15.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	8.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	38.2%	6.9%

Poverty & households

	Dana	Fletcher
Poverty rate	28.5%	7.4%
Average household size	2.60	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	23	19
Median year structure built	1992	2001