Fruitland vs Horse Shoe

A side-by-side comparison of Fruitland and Horse Shoe: population, income, housing, and more.

Fruitland and Horse Shoe 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 1,699 in Horse Shoe). Horse Shoe has the higher median household income ($67,703 vs $46,113 in Fruitland). Horse Shoe has the higher median home value ($396,400 vs $136,500 in Fruitland).

Population, income & housing

	Fruitland	Horse Shoe
Population	2,417	1,699
Median age	53.3 yrs	53.1 yrs
Median household income	$46,113	$67,703
Median home value	$136,500	$396,400
Median gross rent	$798	—
Housing units	1,354	814
Homeownership rate	73.0%	87.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.6%	48.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	7.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fruitland	Horse Shoe
Population	2,373 → 2,417 (+1.9%)	2,368 → 1,699 (-28.3%)
Median household income	$39,681 → $46,113 (+16.2%)	$73,843 → $67,703 (-8.3%)
Median home value	$88,700 → $136,500 (+53.9%)	$258,000 → $396,400 (+53.6%)
Median gross rent	$591 → $798 (+35.0%)	$860 → $1,075 (+25.0%)

Fruitland

Population

2,3732,417

Median household income

$39,681$46,113

Median home value

$88,700$136,500

Median gross rent

$591$798

Horse Shoe

Population

2,3681,699

Median household income

$73,843$67,703

Median home value

$258,000$396,400

Median gross rent

$860$1,075

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fruitland	Horse Shoe
Under 5	1.9%	3.8%
5 to 17	12.6%	11.5%
18 to 24	7.2%	4.8%
25 to 34	8.9%	8.2%
35 to 44	8.6%	9.5%
45 to 54	15.2%	13.8%
55 to 64	15.3%	14.5%
65 to 74	17.1%	20.4%
75 and over	13.2%	13.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fruitland	Horse Shoe
White (non-Hispanic)	79.4%	95.4%
Black or African American	1.3%	0.8%
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%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	16.7%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fruitland	Horse Shoe
No high school diploma	18.3%	1.9%
High school graduate	31.4%	9.4%
Some college or associate's	27.7%	40.2%
Bachelor's degree	13.5%	33.7%
Graduate or professional degree	9.1%	14.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fruitland	Horse Shoe
Drove alone	84.6%	70.7%
Carpooled	4.5%	9.9%
Public transit	0.0%	3.8%
Walked	0.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.8%	15.6%
Other means	5.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fruitland	Horse Shoe
1-unit, detached	51.8%	88.6%
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%	11.4%

Poverty & households

	Fruitland	Horse Shoe
Poverty rate	11.3%	9.1%
Average household size	2.15	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	21	24
Median year structure built	1990	1985