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Mountain Home, NC

3,518 Population
3.8 square miles 933 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

52.4 ±5.1 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Asheville, NC Metro Area: 43.8 ±0.1
  • about 1.3 times the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$38,720 ±$7,304 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Asheville, NC Metro Area: $39,959 ±$714
  • about the same as the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$68,750 ±$18,116 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the Asheville, NC Metro Area: $69,236 ±$1,507
  • about the same as the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

13.3% ±11.7% (446  ±406) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Asheville, NC Metro Area: 11.7% 47,116 (±0.7% / ±2,892)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

16.6 minutes ±6.7 (30,080  ±8,247) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Asheville, NC Metro Area: 21.8 3,616,515 (±0.3 / ±80,052)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

1,542 ±301 Number of households
  • the Asheville, NC Metro Area: 161,494 ±2,065
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
2.2 ±0.3 (3,350  ±762) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Asheville, NC Metro Area: 2.5 401,228 (±0 / ±108)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978

8.6% ±13.9% (41  ±70) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • nearly double the rate in the Asheville, NC Metro Area: 4.5% † 4,058 (±0.8% / ±677)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 127,227 (±0.1% / ±3,580)

Housing

1,643 ±276 Number of housing units
  • the Asheville, NC Metro Area: 200,730 ±174
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$353,200 ±$69,107 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in the Asheville, NC Metro Area: $338,400 ±$5,920
  • about 1.4 times the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

16.1% ±10.4% (567  ±384.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Asheville, NC Metro Area: 11.3% 45,929 (±0.6% / ±2,461.8)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

89.9% ±21.7% (2,407  ±405.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Asheville, NC Metro Area: 91.9% 280,709 (±1.5% / ±4,448.5)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
40% ±7% (1,072  ±263.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Asheville, NC Metro Area: 41.2% 125,874 (±1% / ±3,002.6)
  • about 20 percent higher than 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

12.7% ±10% (447  ±366) Foreign-born population
  • nearly double the rate in the Asheville, NC Metro Area: 6.9% 28,423
  • about 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 8.7% 923,923

12.7% ±5.6% (392  ±190) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Asheville, NC Metro Area: 7.2% 24,132 (±0.4% / ±1,283)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
392 Total veterans ±190 374 Male ±178 18 Female ±32

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