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Mount Gilead township, Montgomery County, NC

2,592 Population
69.9 square miles 37.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.1 ±3.4 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Montgomery County: 44 ±0.6
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$33,963 ±$5,799 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Montgomery County: $31,156 ±$1,566
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$59,163 ±$7,647 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Montgomery County: $57,766 ±$3,070
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

11.8% ±4.7% (304  ±132) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Montgomery County: 15.4% † 3,911 (±2.5% / ±640)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

25.4 minutes ±4 (28,650  ±7,317) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Montgomery County: 27.1 276,145 (±1.9 / ±23,619)
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,155 ±171 Number of households
  • Montgomery County: 10,643 ±460
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.2 (2,559  ±453) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Montgomery County: 2.4 25,265 (±0.1 / ±38)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

0.9% ±2.2% (6  ±15) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Montgomery County: 3.3% † 179 (±1.7% / ±92)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,533 ±217 Number of housing units
  • Montgomery County: 14,998 ±31
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$154,200 ±$39,167 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Montgomery County: $161,700 ±$8,277
  • about half the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

12.5% ±8.4% (324  ±223.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Montgomery County: 9.9% † 2,570 (±2.2% / ±566.4)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

82.1% ±6.1% (1,781  ±309.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Montgomery County: 83.5% 15,814 (±4.1% / ±792.9)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
17.7% ±7.9% (383  ±182.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Montgomery County: 19.2% † 3,633 (±2.1% / ±398.7)
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 35.7% 2,631,218 (±0.2% / ±13,757.8)
  • about half the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

12.7% ±6.9% (329  ±188) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Montgomery County: 7.9% 2,063
  • about 1.4 times the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

4.9% ±2.3% (108  ±53) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Montgomery County: 6.3% † 1,296 (±0.9% / ±185)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
108 Total veterans ±53 105 Male ±53 3 Female ±5

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