Fruitland vs Hoopers Creek

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

Fruitland 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.

Fruitland has the higher population (2,417 vs 1,623 in Hoopers Creek). Hoopers Creek has the higher median household income ($64,792 vs $46,113 in Fruitland). Hoopers Creek has the higher median home value ($297,300 vs $136,500 in Fruitland).

Population, income & housing

	Fruitland	Hoopers Creek
Population	2,417	1,623
Median age	53.3 yrs	40.4 yrs
Median household income	$46,113	$64,792
Median home value	$136,500	$297,300
Median gross rent	$798	$1,117
Housing units	1,354	736
Homeownership rate	73.0%	81.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.6%	20.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fruitland	Hoopers Creek
Population	2,373 → 2,417 (+1.9%)	1,088 → 1,623 (+49.2%)
Median household income	$39,681 → $46,113 (+16.2%)	$54,284 → $64,792 (+19.4%)
Median home value	$88,700 → $136,500 (+53.9%)	$199,900 → $297,300 (+48.7%)
Median gross rent	$591 → $798 (+35.0%)	$968 → $1,117 (+15.4%)

Fruitland

Population

2,3732,417

Median household income

$39,681$46,113

Median home value

$88,700$136,500

Median gross rent

$591$798

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)

	Fruitland	Hoopers Creek
Under 5	1.9%	4.8%
5 to 17	12.6%	25.4%
18 to 24	7.2%	3.9%
25 to 34	8.9%	11.5%
35 to 44	8.6%	17.0%
45 to 54	15.2%	13.4%
55 to 64	15.3%	5.2%
65 to 74	17.1%	12.0%
75 and over	13.2%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fruitland	Hoopers Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	79.4%	91.4%
Black or African American	1.3%	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	2.6%	5.6%
Hispanic or Latino	16.7%	3.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fruitland	Hoopers Creek
No high school diploma	18.3%	9.2%
High school graduate	31.4%	31.9%
Some college or associate's	27.7%	38.5%
Bachelor's degree	13.5%	10.3%
Graduate or professional degree	9.1%	10.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fruitland	Hoopers Creek
Drove alone	84.6%	89.8%
Carpooled	4.5%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.3%	10.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.8%	0.0%
Other means	5.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fruitland	Hoopers Creek
1-unit, detached	51.8%	93.8%
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	1.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	46.3%	6.3%

Poverty & households

	Fruitland	Hoopers Creek
Poverty rate	11.3%	7.2%
Average household size	2.15	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	21	18
Median year structure built	1990	1989