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Mount Gilead, NC

1,166 Population
3.5 square miles 334.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.7 ±7.9 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Montgomery County: 43.6 ±0.5
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$26,654 ±$4,219 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Montgomery County: $30,192 ±$2,336
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$58,281 ±$28,038 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Montgomery County: $55,849 ±$3,821
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

17.1% ±11.3% (197  ±142) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in Montgomery County: 16.1% † 4,027 (±2.7% / ±669)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

21.9 minutes ±8 (12,155  ±6,514) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Montgomery County: 26.6 268,635 (±1.6 / ±21,113)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

467 ±126 Number of households
  • Montgomery County: 10,075 ±441
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
2.4 ±0.3 (1,137  ±333) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Montgomery County: 2.5 25,047 (±0.1 / ±39)
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978

1.2% ±2.3% (5  ±10) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-third of the rate in Montgomery County: 3.4% † 184 (±1.8% / ±95)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 127,227 (±0.1% / ±3,580)

Housing

683 ±135 Number of housing units
  • Montgomery County: 14,930 ±41
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$141,700 ±$19,086 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Montgomery County: $150,300 ±$10,895
  • about half the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

20.5% ±10.5% (237  ±140.1) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in Montgomery County: 9.3% † 2,392 (±2% / ±506.3)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

87.1% ±33.6% (844  ±219.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Montgomery County: 84% 15,642 (±4.4% / ±835.7)
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
20.6% ±8.2% (200  ±98.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Montgomery County: 19.3% † 3,597 (±2.2% / ±415.7)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 34.7% 2,521,353 (±0.2% / ±14,597.5)

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

13.6% ±8.3% (159  ±107) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Montgomery County: 8% 2,080
  • about 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 8.7% 923,923

5.3% ±3.7% (53  ±40) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Montgomery County: 6.3% † 1,282 (±1% / ±202)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
53 Total veterans ±40 50 Male ±37 3 Female ±6

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