Hoopers Creek vs Horse Shoe

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

Hoopers Creek 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.

Horse Shoe has the higher population (1,699 vs 1,623 in Hoopers Creek). Horse Shoe has the higher median household income ($67,703 vs $64,792 in Hoopers Creek). Horse Shoe has the higher median home value ($396,400 vs $297,300 in Hoopers Creek).

Population, income & housing

	Hoopers Creek	Horse Shoe
Population	1,623	1,699
Median age	40.4 yrs	53.1 yrs
Median household income	$64,792	$67,703
Median home value	$297,300	$396,400
Median gross rent	$1,117	—
Housing units	736	814
Homeownership rate	81.3%	87.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.4%	48.5%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	7.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hoopers Creek	Horse Shoe
Population	1,088 → 1,623 (+49.2%)	2,368 → 1,699 (-28.3%)
Median household income	$54,284 → $64,792 (+19.4%)	$73,843 → $67,703 (-8.3%)
Median home value	$199,900 → $297,300 (+48.7%)	$258,000 → $396,400 (+53.6%)
Median gross rent	$968 → $1,117 (+15.4%)	$860 → $1,075 (+25.0%)

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

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)

	Hoopers Creek	Horse Shoe
Under 5	4.8%	3.8%
5 to 17	25.4%	11.5%
18 to 24	3.9%	4.8%
25 to 34	11.5%	8.2%
35 to 44	17.0%	9.5%
45 to 54	13.4%	13.8%
55 to 64	5.2%	14.5%
65 to 74	12.0%	20.4%
75 and over	6.6%	13.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hoopers Creek	Horse Shoe
White (non-Hispanic)	91.4%	95.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	5.6%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hoopers Creek	Horse Shoe
No high school diploma	9.2%	1.9%
High school graduate	31.9%	9.4%
Some college or associate's	38.5%	40.2%
Bachelor's degree	10.3%	33.7%
Graduate or professional degree	10.1%	14.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hoopers Creek	Horse Shoe
Drove alone	89.8%	70.7%
Carpooled	0.0%	9.9%
Public transit	0.0%	3.8%
Walked	10.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	15.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hoopers Creek	Horse Shoe
1-unit, detached	93.8%	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	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.3%	11.4%

Poverty & households

	Hoopers Creek	Horse Shoe
Poverty rate	7.2%	9.1%
Average household size	2.56	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	18	24
Median year structure built	1989	1985