North Carolina · Census place 32640
Hope Mills town, NC
Quick answer
Hope Mills town has 17,823 residents, ranking #59 of 777 places in North Carolina. Median household income is $60,671, the median home is worth $176,300 and median gross rent runs $1,097 a month.
- Population
- 17,823Hope Mills town residents
- Median household income
- $60,671Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $176,300Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $1,097Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 33.3 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 63.4%Owner-occupied households
What the numbers mean in Hope Mills town
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
A household earning the Hope Mills town median would spend about 21.7% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 2.9× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 15% of residents and 63.4% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
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