Bailey vs Spring Hope

A side-by-side comparison of Bailey and Spring Hope: population, income, housing, and more.

Bailey and Spring Hope are places in North Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Spring Hope has the higher population (1,334 vs 504 in Bailey). Bailey has the higher median household income ($48,929 vs $35,577 in Spring Hope). Spring Hope has the higher median home value ($142,400 vs $124,200 in Bailey).

Population, income & housing

	Bailey	Spring Hope
Population	504	1,334
Median age	44.5 yrs	52.3 yrs
Median household income	$48,929	$35,577
Median home value	$124,200	$142,400
Median gross rent	$873	$743
Housing units	282	760
Homeownership rate	54.8%	44.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.4%	10.8%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	6.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bailey	Spring Hope
Population	529 → 504 (-4.7%)	1,687 → 1,334 (-20.9%)
Median household income	$39,886 → $48,929 (+22.7%)	$32,017 → $35,577 (+11.1%)
Median home value	$107,200 → $124,200 (+15.9%)	$101,300 → $142,400 (+40.6%)
Median gross rent	$903 → $873 (-3.3%)	$687 → $743 (+8.2%)

Bailey

Population

529504

Median household income

$39,886$48,929

Median home value

$107,200$124,200

Median gross rent

$903$873

Spring Hope

Population

1,6871,334

Median household income

$32,017$35,577

Median home value

$101,300$142,400

Median gross rent

$687$743

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bailey	Spring Hope
Under 5	7.5%	1.9%
5 to 17	20.4%	13.9%
18 to 24	3.2%	6.7%
25 to 34	6.5%	13.5%
35 to 44	15.9%	7.2%
45 to 54	14.7%	12.7%
55 to 64	10.1%	13.3%
65 to 74	15.7%	19.5%
75 and over	6.0%	11.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bailey	Spring Hope
White (non-Hispanic)	42.3%	46.7%
Black or African American	10.5%	43.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	6.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.6%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	39.3%	5.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bailey	Spring Hope
No high school diploma	23.1%	20.5%
High school graduate	31.4%	29.9%
Some college or associate's	33.1%	38.7%
Bachelor's degree	9.2%	5.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.2%	5.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bailey	Spring Hope
Drove alone	85.5%	75.1%
Carpooled	3.2%	11.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.3%	12.6%
Other means	0.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bailey	Spring Hope
1-unit, detached	73.8%	72.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	5.0%	10.0%
5 to 19 units	2.5%	11.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.7%
Mobile home & other	18.8%	4.2%

Poverty & households

	Bailey	Spring Hope
Poverty rate	25.6%	18.4%
Average household size	2.64	1.99
Mean commute (minutes)	28	34
Median year structure built	1958	1970