Fruitland vs Valley Hill

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

Fruitland 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.

Valley Hill has the higher population (2,540 vs 2,417 in Fruitland). Valley Hill has the higher median household income ($87,250 vs $46,113 in Fruitland). Valley Hill has the higher median home value ($296,500 vs $136,500 in Fruitland).

Population, income & housing

	Fruitland	Valley Hill
Population	2,417	2,540
Median age	53.3 yrs	47.2 yrs
Median household income	$46,113	$87,250
Median home value	$136,500	$296,500
Median gross rent	$798	—
Housing units	1,354	1,132
Homeownership rate	73.0%	78.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.6%	42.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fruitland	Valley Hill
Population	2,373 → 2,417 (+1.9%)	1,927 → 2,540 (+31.8%)
Median household income	$39,681 → $46,113 (+16.2%)	$66,659 → $87,250 (+30.9%)
Median home value	$88,700 → $136,500 (+53.9%)	$261,700 → $296,500 (+13.3%)
Median gross rent	$591 → $798 (+35.0%)	—

Fruitland

Population

2,3732,417

Median household income

$39,681$46,113

Median home value

$88,700$136,500

Median gross rent

$591$798

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)

	Fruitland	Valley Hill
Under 5	1.9%	12.2%
5 to 17	12.6%	8.8%
18 to 24	7.2%	7.5%
25 to 34	8.9%	5.6%
35 to 44	8.6%	13.1%
45 to 54	15.2%	10.0%
55 to 64	15.3%	21.0%
65 to 74	17.1%	12.3%
75 and over	13.2%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fruitland	Valley Hill
White (non-Hispanic)	79.4%	83.5%
Black or African American	1.3%	0.4%
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%	1.2%
Two or more races	2.6%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	16.7%	14.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fruitland	Valley Hill
No high school diploma	18.3%	4.5%
High school graduate	31.4%	29.2%
Some college or associate's	27.7%	24.0%
Bachelor's degree	13.5%	21.4%
Graduate or professional degree	9.1%	20.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fruitland	Valley Hill
Drove alone	84.6%	80.0%
Carpooled	4.5%	4.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.8%	12.2%
Other means	5.7%	3.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fruitland	Valley Hill
1-unit, detached	51.8%	87.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.9%
20 or more units	1.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	46.3%	4.6%

Poverty & households

	Fruitland	Valley Hill
Poverty rate	11.3%	9.4%
Average household size	2.15	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	21	21
Median year structure built	1990	1984