Hoopers Creek vs Valley Hill

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

Hoopers Creek 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 1,623 in Hoopers Creek). Valley Hill has the higher median household income ($87,250 vs $64,792 in Hoopers Creek). Hoopers Creek has the higher median home value ($297,300 vs $296,500 in Valley Hill).

Population, income & housing

	Hoopers Creek	Valley Hill
Population	1,623	2,540
Median age	40.4 yrs	47.2 yrs
Median household income	$64,792	$87,250
Median home value	$297,300	$296,500
Median gross rent	$1,117	—
Housing units	736	1,132
Homeownership rate	81.3%	78.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.4%	42.3%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hoopers Creek	Valley Hill
Population	1,088 → 1,623 (+49.2%)	1,927 → 2,540 (+31.8%)
Median household income	$54,284 → $64,792 (+19.4%)	$66,659 → $87,250 (+30.9%)
Median home value	$199,900 → $297,300 (+48.7%)	$261,700 → $296,500 (+13.3%)
Median gross rent	$968 → $1,117 (+15.4%)	—

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

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)

	Hoopers Creek	Valley Hill
Under 5	4.8%	12.2%
5 to 17	25.4%	8.8%
18 to 24	3.9%	7.5%
25 to 34	11.5%	5.6%
35 to 44	17.0%	13.1%
45 to 54	13.4%	10.0%
55 to 64	5.2%	21.0%
65 to 74	12.0%	12.3%
75 and over	6.6%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hoopers Creek	Valley Hill
White (non-Hispanic)	91.4%	83.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	5.6%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	14.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hoopers Creek	Valley Hill
No high school diploma	9.2%	4.5%
High school graduate	31.9%	29.2%
Some college or associate's	38.5%	24.0%
Bachelor's degree	10.3%	21.4%
Graduate or professional degree	10.1%	20.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hoopers Creek	Valley Hill
Drove alone	89.8%	80.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	4.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	10.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	12.2%
Other means	0.0%	3.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hoopers Creek	Valley Hill
1-unit, detached	93.8%	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	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.3%	4.6%

Poverty & households

	Hoopers Creek	Valley Hill
Poverty rate	7.2%	9.4%
Average household size	2.56	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	18	21
Median year structure built	1989	1984