East Spencer vs Gold Hill

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

East Spencer 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.

East Spencer has the higher population (1,309 vs 401 in Gold Hill). Since 2019, Gold Hill's population has grown faster (+30.2% vs -2.0%).

Population, income & housing

	East Spencer	Gold Hill
Population	1,309	401
Median age	53.6 yrs	39.4 yrs
Median household income	$34,696	—
Median home value	$108,500	—
Median gross rent	$733	—
Housing units	786	164
Homeownership rate	52.2%	87.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.3%	6.3%
Unemployment rate	11.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	East Spencer	Gold Hill
Population	1,336 → 1,309 (-2.0%)	308 → 401 (+30.2%)
Median household income	$33,633 → $34,696 (+3.2%)	$93,196 → $105,254 (+12.9%)
Median home value	$79,500 → $108,500 (+36.5%)	—
Median gross rent	$507 → $733 (+44.6%)	—

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

Gold Hill

Population

308401

Median household income

$93,196$105,254

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	East Spencer	Gold Hill
Under 5	3.2%	5.5%
5 to 17	7.9%	22.7%
18 to 24	3.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	10.7%	17.0%
35 to 44	15.1%	13.0%
45 to 54	11.1%	13.7%
55 to 64	16.8%	25.2%
65 to 74	28.0%	3.0%
75 and over	4.2%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	East Spencer	Gold Hill
White (non-Hispanic)	9.3%	99.8%
Black or African American	78.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	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	3.1%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	9.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	East Spencer	Gold Hill
No high school diploma	13.2%	49.3%
High school graduate	50.3%	10.8%
Some college or associate's	26.1%	33.7%
Bachelor's degree	9.2%	6.3%
Graduate or professional degree	1.2%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	East Spencer	Gold Hill
Drove alone	84.7%	100.0%
Carpooled	7.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.1%	0.0%
Other means	2.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	East Spencer	Gold Hill
1-unit, detached	77.6%	53.7%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	8.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.0%	46.3%

Poverty & households

	East Spencer	Gold Hill
Poverty rate	28.9%	13.5%
Average household size	1.87	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	24	—
Median year structure built	1965	1984