North Carolina · Census place 44900
Mount Gilead town, NC
Quick answer
Mount Gilead town has 1,166 residents, ranking #427 of 777 places in North Carolina. Median household income is $58,281, the median home is worth $141,700 and median gross rent runs $1,014 a month.
- Population
- 1,166Mount Gilead town residents
- Median household income
- $58,281Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $141,700Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $1,014Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 43.7 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 64.7%Owner-occupied households
What the numbers mean in Mount Gilead town
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
A household earning the Mount Gilead town median would spend about 20.9% 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 2.4× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 17.1% of residents and 64.7% 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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