Cost of living in Hope Mills, North Carolina
Hope Mills, North Carolina has about 17,939 people. Typical rent is $1,141 a month, including utilities, and a typical household earns $65,774 a year. Both figures are Census 2020–2024 medians, not a listing or your pay. This site does not approve or deny benefits. A missing figure stays blank. We do not guess it.
Ranked #48 in North Carolina on the 2026 Most Affordable Towns Index.
Simple answer
Typical rent is $1,141 a month.
Hope Mills is a town in North Carolina. That rent number includes utilities. A typical household earns $65,774 a year.
- People
- 17,939
- Census average, 2020–2024
- Typical rent
- $1,141
- Median gross rent, includes utilities
- Typical pay
- $65,774
- Median household income, yearly
- Typical home
- $190,600
- Median home value
- 2-bedroom fair rent
- $1,476
- Fayetteville, NC HUD Metro FMR Area
Hope Mills, North Carolina has about 17,939 people. That count is a 2020–2024 Census average, not a headcount from one day.
A typical home is worth about $190,600.
HUD's fair-market rent for a 2-bedroom in Cumberland County is $1,476 a month. That is the county number, not an apartment listing in Hope Mills. It runs from October 2026 through September 2027.
In the Fayetteville, NC metro area, prices sit at 92.0 when the U.S. average is 100. That is a 2024 BEA index.
North Carolina taxes wages. A typical combined sales tax is 7.0% as of January 1, 2026. That mix is statewide, not Hope Mills's exact store tax.
In July 2026, a typical North Carolina home paid 15.16¢ per kilowatt-hour. That is a state average from EIA, not Hope Mills's bill.
EIA did not publish a 2025 all-grades gas price for North Carolina in the table we use.
Among 407 places we list in North Carolina with a rent figure, 146 have higher typical rent than Hope Mills.
Nearby places
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Typical rent $888
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Typical rent $1,351
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Typical rent $1,549
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Typical rent $833
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EBT nearby
USDA has a live map of stores that take SNAP. We did not copy that store list here. The downloadable file is a history file for 2005 through 2025, so the live map is the one to use.
Locator page updated 2026-09-11. Last checked 2026-10-16.
Food stamps (SNAP) tools in North Carolina
Bigger places in North Carolina
Census 2020-2024. HUD rents for October 2026–September 2027. BEA prices for 2024. Taxes as of January 1, 2026. Checked 2026-10-16. 15,000 places are in this guide.