Dortches vs Whitakers

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

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

Dortches has the higher population (1,317 vs 411 in Whitakers). Dortches has the higher median household income ($72,955 vs $41,875 in Whitakers). Dortches has the higher median home value ($230,600 vs $125,900 in Whitakers).

Population, income & housing

	Dortches	Whitakers
Population	1,317	411
Median age	42.4 yrs	37.0 yrs
Median household income	$72,955	$41,875
Median home value	$230,600	$125,900
Median gross rent	—	$888
Housing units	502	338
Homeownership rate	79.7%	51.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.1%	21.8%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	10.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dortches	Whitakers
Population	921 → 1,317 (+43.0%)	649 → 411 (-36.7%)
Median household income	$64,250 → $72,955 (+13.5%)	$31,250 → $41,875 (+34.0%)
Median home value	$186,200 → $230,600 (+23.8%)	$82,900 → $125,900 (+51.9%)
Median gross rent	$902 → $1,096 (+21.5%)	$609 → $888 (+45.8%)

Dortches

Population

9211,317

Median household income

$64,250$72,955

Median home value

$186,200$230,600

Median gross rent

$902$1,096

Whitakers

Population

649411

Median household income

$31,250$41,875

Median home value

$82,900$125,900

Median gross rent

$609$888

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dortches	Whitakers
Under 5	9.6%	3.9%
5 to 17	16.2%	13.9%
18 to 24	10.9%	7.3%
25 to 34	7.7%	20.7%
35 to 44	11.6%	6.8%
45 to 54	13.4%	17.3%
55 to 64	12.5%	16.8%
65 to 74	10.4%	8.5%
75 and over	7.7%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dortches	Whitakers
White (non-Hispanic)	59.5%	20.9%
Black or African American	26.3%	75.9%
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%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	10.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dortches	Whitakers
No high school diploma	5.8%	4.9%
High school graduate	27.9%	25.3%
Some college or associate's	41.3%	48.1%
Bachelor's degree	13.6%	9.1%
Graduate or professional degree	11.5%	12.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dortches	Whitakers
Drove alone	79.9%	77.3%
Carpooled	9.7%	7.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.4%	15.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dortches	Whitakers
1-unit, detached	86.1%	66.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.9%	26.6%

Poverty & households

	Dortches	Whitakers
Poverty rate	9.6%	13.6%
Average household size	2.94	1.77
Mean commute (minutes)	20	29
Median year structure built	1986	1974