Sharpsburg vs Spring Hope

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

Sharpsburg 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.

Sharpsburg has the higher population (1,629 vs 1,334 in Spring Hope). Sharpsburg has the higher median household income ($39,792 vs $35,577 in Spring Hope). Spring Hope has the higher median home value ($142,400 vs $116,700 in Sharpsburg).

Population, income & housing

	Sharpsburg	Spring Hope
Population	1,629	1,334
Median age	34.1 yrs	52.3 yrs
Median household income	$39,792	$35,577
Median home value	$116,700	$142,400
Median gross rent	$1,002	$743
Housing units	803	760
Homeownership rate	51.2%	44.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.0%	10.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	6.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sharpsburg	Spring Hope
Population	2,133 → 1,629 (-23.6%)	1,687 → 1,334 (-20.9%)
Median household income	$26,977 → $39,792 (+47.5%)	$32,017 → $35,577 (+11.1%)
Median home value	$83,000 → $116,700 (+40.6%)	$101,300 → $142,400 (+40.6%)
Median gross rent	$764 → $1,002 (+31.2%)	$687 → $743 (+8.2%)

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

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)

	Sharpsburg	Spring Hope
Under 5	13.4%	1.9%
5 to 17	18.8%	13.9%
18 to 24	7.4%	6.7%
25 to 34	11.0%	13.5%
35 to 44	11.0%	7.2%
45 to 54	11.9%	12.7%
55 to 64	13.6%	13.3%
65 to 74	8.5%	19.5%
75 and over	4.4%	11.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sharpsburg	Spring Hope
White (non-Hispanic)	35.4%	46.7%
Black or African American	63.5%	43.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.5%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	5.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sharpsburg	Spring Hope
No high school diploma	21.8%	20.5%
High school graduate	34.5%	29.9%
Some college or associate's	30.7%	38.7%
Bachelor's degree	9.0%	5.1%
Graduate or professional degree	4.0%	5.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sharpsburg	Spring Hope
Drove alone	81.3%	75.1%
Carpooled	7.4%	11.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.3%	12.6%
Other means	0.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sharpsburg	Spring Hope
1-unit, detached	56.7%	72.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	24.9%	10.0%
5 to 19 units	0.6%	11.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.7%
Mobile home & other	17.8%	4.2%

Poverty & households

	Sharpsburg	Spring Hope
Poverty rate	19.8%	18.4%
Average household size	2.59	1.99
Mean commute (minutes)	29	34
Median year structure built	1988	1970