Dortches vs Spring Hope

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

Dortches 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 1,317 in Dortches). Dortches has the higher median household income ($72,955 vs $35,577 in Spring Hope). Dortches has the higher median home value ($230,600 vs $142,400 in Spring Hope).

Population, income & housing

	Dortches	Spring Hope
Population	1,317	1,334
Median age	42.4 yrs	52.3 yrs
Median household income	$72,955	$35,577
Median home value	$230,600	$142,400
Median gross rent	—	$743
Housing units	502	760
Homeownership rate	79.7%	44.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.1%	10.8%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	6.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dortches	Spring Hope
Population	921 → 1,317 (+43.0%)	1,687 → 1,334 (-20.9%)
Median household income	$64,250 → $72,955 (+13.5%)	$32,017 → $35,577 (+11.1%)
Median home value	$186,200 → $230,600 (+23.8%)	$101,300 → $142,400 (+40.6%)
Median gross rent	$902 → $1,096 (+21.5%)	$687 → $743 (+8.2%)

Dortches

Population

9211,317

Median household income

$64,250$72,955

Median home value

$186,200$230,600

Median gross rent

$902$1,096

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)

	Dortches	Spring Hope
Under 5	9.6%	1.9%
5 to 17	16.2%	13.9%
18 to 24	10.9%	6.7%
25 to 34	7.7%	13.5%
35 to 44	11.6%	7.2%
45 to 54	13.4%	12.7%
55 to 64	12.5%	13.3%
65 to 74	10.4%	19.5%
75 and over	7.7%	11.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dortches	Spring Hope
White (non-Hispanic)	59.5%	46.7%
Black or African American	26.3%	43.2%
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%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.8%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	10.2%	5.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dortches	Spring Hope
No high school diploma	5.8%	20.5%
High school graduate	27.9%	29.9%
Some college or associate's	41.3%	38.7%
Bachelor's degree	13.6%	5.1%
Graduate or professional degree	11.5%	5.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dortches	Spring Hope
Drove alone	79.9%	75.1%
Carpooled	9.7%	11.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.4%	12.6%
Other means	0.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dortches	Spring Hope
1-unit, detached	86.1%	72.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	10.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	11.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.7%
Mobile home & other	13.9%	4.2%

Poverty & households

	Dortches	Spring Hope
Poverty rate	9.6%	18.4%
Average household size	2.94	1.99
Mean commute (minutes)	20	34
Median year structure built	1986	1970