East Spencer vs Faith

A side-by-side comparison of East Spencer and Faith: population, income, housing, and more.

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

East Spencer has the higher population (1,309 vs 1,090 in Faith). Faith has the higher median household income ($128,274 vs $34,696 in East Spencer). Faith has the higher median home value ($249,800 vs $108,500 in East Spencer).

Population, income & housing

	East Spencer	Faith
Population	1,309	1,090
Median age	53.6 yrs	44.5 yrs
Median household income	$34,696	$128,274
Median home value	$108,500	$249,800
Median gross rent	$733	$927
Housing units	786	466
Homeownership rate	52.2%	90.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.3%	32.9%
Unemployment rate	11.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	East Spencer	Faith
Population	1,336 → 1,309 (-2.0%)	817 → 1,090 (+33.4%)
Median household income	$33,633 → $34,696 (+3.2%)	$63,073 → $128,274 (+103.4%)
Median home value	$79,500 → $108,500 (+36.5%)	$180,400 → $249,800 (+38.5%)
Median gross rent	$507 → $733 (+44.6%)	$733 → $927 (+26.5%)

East Spencer

Population

1,3361,309

Median household income

$33,633$34,696

Median home value

$79,500$108,500

Median gross rent

$507$733

Faith

Population

8171,090

Median household income

$63,073$128,274

Median home value

$180,400$249,800

Median gross rent

$733$927

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	East Spencer	Faith
Under 5	3.2%	5.0%
5 to 17	7.9%	16.1%
18 to 24	3.0%	5.2%
25 to 34	10.7%	7.8%
35 to 44	15.1%	17.2%
45 to 54	11.1%	24.9%
55 to 64	16.8%	12.7%
65 to 74	28.0%	7.9%
75 and over	4.2%	3.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	East Spencer	Faith
White (non-Hispanic)	9.3%	89.0%
Black or African American	78.2%	2.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	7.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.1%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	9.3%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	East Spencer	Faith
No high school diploma	13.2%	3.2%
High school graduate	50.3%	39.7%
Some college or associate's	26.1%	24.2%
Bachelor's degree	9.2%	26.9%
Graduate or professional degree	1.2%	6.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	East Spencer	Faith
Drove alone	84.7%	96.5%
Carpooled	7.0%	0.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.1%	2.6%
Other means	2.7%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	East Spencer	Faith
1-unit, detached	77.6%	96.6%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.4%	3.0%
5 to 19 units	8.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.0%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	East Spencer	Faith
Poverty rate	28.9%	2.2%
Average household size	1.87	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	24	29
Median year structure built	1965	1997