Duplin County vs Hoke County

A side-by-side comparison of Duplin County and Hoke County: population, income, housing, and more.

Duplin County and Hoke County are counties in North Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Hoke County has the higher population (53,102 vs 49,053 in Duplin County). Hoke County has the higher median household income ($60,095 vs $51,880 in Duplin County). Hoke County has the higher median home value ($196,000 vs $123,200 in Duplin County).

Population, income & housing

	Duplin County	Hoke County
Population	49,053	53,102
Median age	40.7 yrs	33.7 yrs
Median household income	$51,880	$60,095
Median home value	$123,200	$196,000
Median gross rent	$815	$1,047
Housing units	23,823	20,583
Homeownership rate	70.0%	71.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.5%	21.3%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	7.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Duplin County	Hoke County
Population	58,967 → 49,053 (-16.8%)	53,957 → 53,102 (-1.6%)
Median household income	$41,764 → $51,880 (+24.2%)	$48,072 → $60,095 (+25.0%)
Median home value	$90,200 → $123,200 (+36.6%)	$139,300 → $196,000 (+40.7%)
Median gross rent	$665 → $815 (+22.6%)	$929 → $1,047 (+12.7%)

Duplin County

Population

58,96749,053

Median household income

$41,764$51,880

Median home value

$90,200$123,200

Median gross rent

$665$815

Hoke County

Population

53,95753,102

Median household income

$48,072$60,095

Median home value

$139,300$196,000

Median gross rent

$929$1,047

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Duplin County	Hoke County
Under 5	6.2%	8.1%
5 to 17	17.5%	19.1%
18 to 24	8.7%	8.0%
25 to 34	10.9%	16.7%
35 to 44	11.0%	14.3%
45 to 54	12.4%	11.4%
55 to 64	13.6%	11.0%
65 to 74	11.6%	7.6%
75 and over	8.0%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Duplin County	Hoke County
White (non-Hispanic)	50.8%	36.6%
Black or African American	22.7%	32.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	6.8%
Asian	0.6%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	1.1%
Two or more races	2.9%	6.4%
Hispanic or Latino	22.7%	15.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Duplin County	Hoke County
No high school diploma	18.1%	11.1%
High school graduate	30.7%	29.0%
Some college or associate's	33.8%	38.6%
Bachelor's degree	12.6%	14.7%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	6.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Duplin County	Hoke County
Drove alone	80.3%	81.1%
Carpooled	11.4%	10.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.8%
Walked	1.2%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	5.4%	6.2%
Other means	1.7%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Duplin County	Hoke County
1-unit, detached	59.9%	71.9%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	5.1%	2.8%
5 to 19 units	1.5%	1.5%
20 or more units	1.1%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	31.5%	21.8%

Poverty & households

	Duplin County	Hoke County
Poverty rate	17.9%	17.4%
Average household size	2.42	2.78
Mean commute (minutes)	30	30
Median year structure built	1987	1999