Dortches vs Nashville

A side-by-side comparison of Dortches and Nashville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Nashville has the higher population (5,672 vs 1,317 in Dortches). Dortches has the higher median household income ($72,955 vs $63,553 in Nashville). Dortches has the higher median home value ($230,600 vs $191,700 in Nashville).

Population, income & housing

	Dortches	Nashville
Population	1,317	5,672
Median age	42.4 yrs	40.2 yrs
Median household income	$72,955	$63,553
Median home value	$230,600	$191,700
Median gross rent	—	$1,009
Housing units	502	2,635
Homeownership rate	79.7%	56.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.1%	24.7%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	12.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dortches	Nashville
Population	921 → 1,317 (+43.0%)	5,516 → 5,672 (+2.8%)
Median household income	$64,250 → $72,955 (+13.5%)	$56,288 → $63,553 (+12.9%)
Median home value	$186,200 → $230,600 (+23.8%)	$136,900 → $191,700 (+40.0%)
Median gross rent	$902 → $1,096 (+21.5%)	$865 → $1,009 (+16.6%)

Dortches

Population

9211,317

Median household income

$64,250$72,955

Median home value

$186,200$230,600

Median gross rent

$902$1,096

Nashville

Population

5,5165,672

Median household income

$56,288$63,553

Median home value

$136,900$191,700

Median gross rent

$865$1,009

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dortches	Nashville
Under 5	9.6%	8.7%
5 to 17	16.2%	13.5%
18 to 24	10.9%	6.3%
25 to 34	7.7%	16.1%
35 to 44	11.6%	10.6%
45 to 54	13.4%	11.6%
55 to 64	12.5%	13.3%
65 to 74	10.4%	12.6%
75 and over	7.7%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dortches	Nashville
White (non-Hispanic)	59.5%	34.0%
Black or African American	26.3%	62.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.8%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	10.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dortches	Nashville
No high school diploma	5.8%	7.3%
High school graduate	27.9%	26.1%
Some college or associate's	41.3%	41.9%
Bachelor's degree	13.6%	15.9%
Graduate or professional degree	11.5%	8.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dortches	Nashville
Drove alone	79.9%	76.1%
Carpooled	9.7%	3.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.4%	18.9%
Other means	0.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dortches	Nashville
1-unit, detached	86.1%	69.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	16.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	10.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	13.9%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Dortches	Nashville
Poverty rate	9.6%	20.8%
Average household size	2.94	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	20	21
Median year structure built	1986	1992