Cleveland vs Gold Hill

A side-by-side comparison of Cleveland and Gold Hill: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Cleveland has the higher population (1,053 vs 401 in Gold Hill). Since 2019, Gold Hill's population has grown faster (+30.2% vs -11.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Cleveland	Gold Hill
Population	1,053	401
Median age	33.3 yrs	39.4 yrs
Median household income	$60,063	—
Median home value	$205,800	—
Median gross rent	$748	—
Housing units	512	164
Homeownership rate	73.3%	87.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.6%	6.3%
Unemployment rate	8.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cleveland	Gold Hill
Population	1,191 → 1,053 (-11.6%)	308 → 401 (+30.2%)
Median household income	$54,000 → $60,063 (+11.2%)	$93,196 → $105,254 (+12.9%)
Median home value	$120,100 → $205,800 (+71.4%)	—
Median gross rent	$663 → $748 (+12.8%)	—

Cleveland

Population

1,1911,053

Median household income

$54,000$60,063

Median home value

$120,100$205,800

Median gross rent

$663$748

Gold Hill

Population

308401

Median household income

$93,196$105,254

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cleveland	Gold Hill
Under 5	6.8%	5.5%
5 to 17	17.2%	22.7%
18 to 24	8.3%	0.0%
25 to 34	21.5%	17.0%
35 to 44	9.4%	13.0%
45 to 54	11.7%	13.7%
55 to 64	11.9%	25.2%
65 to 74	6.2%	3.0%
75 and over	7.1%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cleveland	Gold Hill
White (non-Hispanic)	55.8%	99.8%
Black or African American	32.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	9.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cleveland	Gold Hill
No high school diploma	4.6%	49.3%
High school graduate	35.2%	10.8%
Some college or associate's	33.5%	33.7%
Bachelor's degree	21.5%	6.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cleveland	Gold Hill
Drove alone	73.2%	100.0%
Carpooled	24.6%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.1%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cleveland	Gold Hill
1-unit, detached	76.0%	53.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	6.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.5%	46.3%

Poverty & households

	Cleveland	Gold Hill
Poverty rate	18.9%	13.5%
Average household size	2.51	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	32	—
Median year structure built	1981	1984