Dortches vs Sharpsburg

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

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

Sharpsburg has the higher population (1,629 vs 1,317 in Dortches). Dortches has the higher median household income ($72,955 vs $39,792 in Sharpsburg). Dortches has the higher median home value ($230,600 vs $116,700 in Sharpsburg).

Population, income & housing

	Dortches	Sharpsburg
Population	1,317	1,629
Median age	42.4 yrs	34.1 yrs
Median household income	$72,955	$39,792
Median home value	$230,600	$116,700
Median gross rent	—	$1,002
Housing units	502	803
Homeownership rate	79.7%	51.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.1%	13.0%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dortches	Sharpsburg
Population	921 → 1,317 (+43.0%)	2,133 → 1,629 (-23.6%)
Median household income	$64,250 → $72,955 (+13.5%)	$26,977 → $39,792 (+47.5%)
Median home value	$186,200 → $230,600 (+23.8%)	$83,000 → $116,700 (+40.6%)
Median gross rent	$902 → $1,096 (+21.5%)	$764 → $1,002 (+31.2%)

Dortches

Population

9211,317

Median household income

$64,250$72,955

Median home value

$186,200$230,600

Median gross rent

$902$1,096

Sharpsburg

Population

2,1331,629

Median household income

$26,977$39,792

Median home value

$83,000$116,700

Median gross rent

$764$1,002

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dortches	Sharpsburg
Under 5	9.6%	13.4%
5 to 17	16.2%	18.8%
18 to 24	10.9%	7.4%
25 to 34	7.7%	11.0%
35 to 44	11.6%	11.0%
45 to 54	13.4%	11.9%
55 to 64	12.5%	13.6%
65 to 74	10.4%	8.5%
75 and over	7.7%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dortches	Sharpsburg
White (non-Hispanic)	59.5%	35.4%
Black or African American	26.3%	63.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.7%	0.7%
Two or more races	0.8%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	10.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dortches	Sharpsburg
No high school diploma	5.8%	21.8%
High school graduate	27.9%	34.5%
Some college or associate's	41.3%	30.7%
Bachelor's degree	13.6%	9.0%
Graduate or professional degree	11.5%	4.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dortches	Sharpsburg
Drove alone	79.9%	81.3%
Carpooled	9.7%	7.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.4%	11.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dortches	Sharpsburg
1-unit, detached	86.1%	56.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	24.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.9%	17.8%

Poverty & households

	Dortches	Sharpsburg
Poverty rate	9.6%	19.8%
Average household size	2.94	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	20	29
Median year structure built	1986	1988