North Carolina · Census place 44960
Mount Holly city, NC
Quick answer
Mount Holly city has 17,928 residents, ranking #58 of 777 places in North Carolina. Median household income is $75,928, the median home is worth $286,400 and median gross rent runs $1,145 a month.
- Population
- 17,928Mount Holly city residents
- Median household income
- $75,928Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $286,400Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $1,145Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 39.1 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 67.4%Owner-occupied households
What the numbers mean in Mount Holly city
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
A household earning the Mount Holly city median would spend about 18.1% 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 3.8× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 8.2% of residents and 67.4% 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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