Dana vs Valley Hill

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

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

Dana has the higher population (3,824 vs 2,540 in Valley Hill). Valley Hill has the higher median household income ($87,250 vs $55,801 in Dana). Valley Hill has the higher median home value ($296,500 vs $223,400 in Dana).

Population, income & housing

	Dana	Valley Hill
Population	3,824	2,540
Median age	40.4 yrs	47.2 yrs
Median household income	$55,801	$87,250
Median home value	$223,400	$296,500
Median gross rent	$901	—
Housing units	1,602	1,132
Homeownership rate	77.7%	78.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.0%	42.3%
Unemployment rate	6.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dana	Valley Hill
Population	3,919 → 3,824 (-2.4%)	1,927 → 2,540 (+31.8%)
Median household income	$45,146 → $55,801 (+23.6%)	$66,659 → $87,250 (+30.9%)
Median home value	$140,500 → $223,400 (+59.0%)	$261,700 → $296,500 (+13.3%)
Median gross rent	$773 → $901 (+16.6%)	—

Dana

Population

3,9193,824

Median household income

$45,146$55,801

Median home value

$140,500$223,400

Median gross rent

$773$901

Valley Hill

Population

1,9272,540

Median household income

$66,659$87,250

Median home value

$261,700$296,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dana	Valley Hill
Under 5	5.1%	12.2%
5 to 17	22.3%	8.8%
18 to 24	3.0%	7.5%
25 to 34	7.1%	5.6%
35 to 44	21.1%	13.1%
45 to 54	15.8%	10.0%
55 to 64	4.5%	21.0%
65 to 74	14.6%	12.3%
75 and over	6.5%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dana	Valley Hill
White (non-Hispanic)	60.0%	83.5%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.2%
Two or more races	2.6%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	36.1%	14.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dana	Valley Hill
No high school diploma	23.3%	4.5%
High school graduate	27.5%	29.2%
Some college or associate's	29.2%	24.0%
Bachelor's degree	12.3%	21.4%
Graduate or professional degree	7.7%	20.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dana	Valley Hill
Drove alone	79.4%	80.0%
Carpooled	7.6%	4.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.6%	12.2%
Other means	1.4%	3.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dana	Valley Hill
1-unit, detached	61.0%	87.9%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	38.2%	4.6%

Poverty & households

	Dana	Valley Hill
Poverty rate	28.5%	9.4%
Average household size	2.60	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	23	21
Median year structure built	1992	1984