Middlesex vs Spring Hope

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

Middlesex 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 1,005 in Middlesex). Middlesex has the higher median household income ($49,931 vs $35,577 in Spring Hope). Middlesex has the higher median home value ($213,800 vs $142,400 in Spring Hope).

Population, income & housing

	Middlesex	Spring Hope
Population	1,005	1,334
Median age	39.6 yrs	52.3 yrs
Median household income	$49,931	$35,577
Median home value	$213,800	$142,400
Median gross rent	$875	$743
Housing units	567	760
Homeownership rate	63.2%	44.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.8%	10.8%
Unemployment rate	0.6%	6.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Middlesex	Spring Hope
Population	1,145 → 1,005 (-12.2%)	1,687 → 1,334 (-20.9%)
Median household income	$39,000 → $49,931 (+28.0%)	$32,017 → $35,577 (+11.1%)
Median home value	$119,800 → $213,800 (+78.5%)	$101,300 → $142,400 (+40.6%)
Median gross rent	$642 → $875 (+36.3%)	$687 → $743 (+8.2%)

Middlesex

Population

1,1451,005

Median household income

$39,000$49,931

Median home value

$119,800$213,800

Median gross rent

$642$875

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)

	Middlesex	Spring Hope
Under 5	5.8%	1.9%
5 to 17	14.3%	13.9%
18 to 24	11.3%	6.7%
25 to 34	13.3%	13.5%
35 to 44	15.8%	7.2%
45 to 54	7.7%	12.7%
55 to 64	14.6%	13.3%
65 to 74	7.8%	19.5%
75 and over	9.4%	11.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Middlesex	Spring Hope
White (non-Hispanic)	51.8%	46.7%
Black or African American	24.8%	43.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.6%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.7%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	19.1%	5.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Middlesex	Spring Hope
No high school diploma	14.7%	20.5%
High school graduate	43.1%	29.9%
Some college or associate's	30.5%	38.7%
Bachelor's degree	10.0%	5.1%
Graduate or professional degree	1.7%	5.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Middlesex	Spring Hope
Drove alone	74.8%	75.1%
Carpooled	14.2%	11.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.6%	12.6%
Other means	0.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Middlesex	Spring Hope
1-unit, detached	76.5%	72.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	7.1%	10.0%
5 to 19 units	1.9%	11.2%
20 or more units	2.6%	1.7%
Mobile home & other	11.8%	4.2%

Poverty & households

	Middlesex	Spring Hope
Poverty rate	10.8%	18.4%
Average household size	2.31	1.99
Mean commute (minutes)	28	34
Median year structure built	1978	1970