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Mount Airy, NC (North Carolina) Houses and Residents

Estimated median house or condo value in 2022: $191,461 (it was $76,100 in 2000)
Mount Airy:

$191,461
North Carolina:

$280,600
Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $104,769 - $301,973

Total population: 10,383 (Urban population: 8,460 (all inside urban clusters), Rural population: 0)

Houses: 5,600 (4,915 occupied: 2,769 owner occupied, 2,475 renter occupied)

% of renters here:

47%
State:

33%

Housing density: 667 houses/condos per square mile

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2022: $293,914.

Median contract rent in 2022: $511 (lower quartile is $328, upper quartile is $637)


Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2022: $605


Median gross rent in Mount Airy, NC in 2022: $641

Housing units in Mount Airy with a mortgage: 1,465 (243 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 151 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 295

Median household income for houses/condos with a mortgage: $69,297

Median household income for apartments without a mortgage: $45,400

Median monthly housing costs: $620

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Mount Airy, North Carolina Age and Sex of Residents
Median year house/condo built: 1965

Median year apartment built: 1976

Household type by relationship:

Households: 10,617
  • Male householders: 2,087 (829 living alone), Female householders: 2,809 (1,287 living alone)
  • 1,567 spouses (1,567 opposite-sex spouses), 555 unmarried partners, (540 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 2,437 children (2,383 natural, 5 adopted, 47 stepchildren), 346 grandchildren, 44 brothers or sisters, 106 parents, 0 foster children, 182 other relatives, 95 non-relatives
  • In group quarters: 381

Size of family households: 1,252 2-persons, 728 3-persons, 386 4-persons, 173 5-persons, 59 6-persons, 41 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 2,201 1-person, 249 2-persons, 33 3-persons.

576 married couples with children.
1,357 single-parent households (237 men, 1,120 women).

92.4% of residents of Mount Airy speak English at home.
4.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (75% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 5% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English well).
3.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (82% speak English very well, 18% speak English not well).

Foreign born population: 402 (3.8%)
(60.7% of them are naturalized citizens)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:
Here:

5.8
State:

6.4

Median number of rooms in apartments
Here:

3.9
State:

4.4

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied
Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Mount Airy, North Carolina
  • Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Mount Airy, North Carolina
  • 20no bedroom
  • 561 bedroom
  • 8752 bedrooms
  • 1,2093 bedrooms
  • 4064 bedrooms
  • 2045+ bedrooms
Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Mount Airy, North Carolina
  • Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Mount Airy, North Carolina
  • 152no bedroom
  • 7241 bedroom
  • 1,1502 bedrooms
  • 4263 bedrooms
  • 244 bedrooms
  • 05+ bedrooms
Owner-occupied Renter-occupied
Cars and other vehicles available in Mount Airy in owner-occupied houses/condos
  • Cars and other vehicles available in Mount Airy in owner-occupied houses/condos
  • 164no vehicle
  • 8751 vehicle
  • 9222 vehicles
  • 4613 vehicles
  • 3004 vehicles
  • 485+ vehicles
Cars and other vehicles available in Mount Airy in renter-occupied apartments
  • Cars and other vehicles available in Mount Airy in renter-occupied apartments
  • 314no vehicle
  • 1,4791 vehicle
  • 4152 vehicles
  • 2223 vehicles
  • 144 vehicles
  • 325+ vehicles
Owner-occupied Renter-occupied
Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Mount Airy, North Carolina
  • Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Mount Airy, North Carolina
  • 201 room
  • 02 rooms
  • 443 rooms
  • 2094 rooms
  • 7935 rooms
  • 5806 rooms
  • 3367 rooms
  • 2858 rooms
  • 5029+ rooms
Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Mount Airy, North Carolina
  • Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Mount Airy, North Carolina
  • 461 room
  • 1822 rooms
  • 5193 rooms
  • 8354 rooms
  • 5165 rooms
  • 2496 rooms
  • 527 rooms
  • 508 rooms
  • 259+ rooms
Year house built
Median 2022 house/condo value by year built
Median house/condo value by year householder moved into unit
Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders
Owners and renters by unit type in Mount Airy, NC
  • Mount Airy, NC household income distribution

  • Distribution of median household income in Mount Airy, NC in 2022
  • 393Less than $10,000
  • 1,433$10,000 to $19,999
  • 665$20,000 to $29,999
  • 721$30,000 to $39,999
  • 405$40,000 to $49,999
  • 330$50,000 to $59,999
  • 319$60,000 to $74,999
  • 346$75,000 to $99,999
  • 199$100,000 to $124,999
  • 273$125,000 to $149,999
  • 202$150,000 to $199,999
  • 105$200,000 or more
  • Home value of owner - occupied houses in 2022 in Mount Airy, NC

  • Distribution of house value in Mount Airy, NC in 2022
  • 3Less than $10,000
  • 53$10,000 to $14,999
  • 12$15,000 to $19,999
  • 8$35,000 to $39,999
  • 113$40,000 to $49,999
  • 225$50,000 to $59,999
  • 42$60,000 to $69,999
  • 62$70,000 to $79,999
  • 40$80,000 to $89,999
  • 86$90,000 to $99,999
  • 336$100,000 to $124,999
  • 103$125,000 to $149,999
  • 196$150,000 to $174,999
  • 169$175,000 to $199,999
  • 460$200,000 to $249,999
  • 370$250,000 to $299,999
  • 338$300,000 to $399,999
  • 118$400,000 to $499,999
  • 72$500,000 to $749,999
  • 28$750,000 to $999,999
  • 33$1,000,000 to $1,499,999
  • Rent paid by renters in 2022 in Mount Airy, NC

  • Distribution of rent paid by renters in Mount Airy, NC in 2022
  • 39Less than $100
  • 94$100 to $149
  • 56$150 to $199
  • 147$200 to $249
  • 74$250 to $299
  • 23$300 to $349
  • 90$350 to $399
  • 260$400 to $449
  • 153$450 to $499
  • 217$500 to $549
  • 158$550 to $599
  • 274$600 to $649
  • 163$650 to $699
  • 185$700 to $749
  • 14$750 to $799
  • 50$800 to $899
  • 11$900 to $999
  • 84$1,000 to $1,249
  • 54$1,250 to $1,499
  • 15$2,000 to $2,499
  • 8$3,500 or more
  • 57No cash rent
Time Leaving Home To Go To Work in 2022

Percentage of workers working in this county: 87.9%
Number of people working at home: 174 (4.3% of all workers)

Travel time (in minutes) to work in 2022

Travel time to work (commute)

  • Less than 5 minutes: 453
  • 5 to 9 minutes: 566
  • 10 to 14 minutes: 963
  • 15 to 19 minutes: 673
  • 20 to 24 minutes: 309
  • 25 to 29 minutes: 97
  • 30 to 34 minutes: 184
  • 35 to 39 minutes: 91
  • 40 to 44 minutes: 74
  • 45 to 59 minutes: 217
  • 60 to 89 minutes: 105
  • 90 or more minutes: 52
Means of transportation to work in 2022 - Mount Airy

Means of transportation to work:

  • Drove a car alone: 10,259 (82.7%)
  • Carpooled: 1,323 (10.7%)
  • Taxi: 14 (0.1%)
  • Bicycle: 47 (0.4%)
  • Walked: 40 (0.3%)
  • Worked at home: 174 (1.4%)
Class of Workers in 2022
  • Unemployment by race in 2022
  • Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic residents
  • 8.4%Males
  • 2.2%Females
  • Unemployment rate for Black residents
  • 3.7%Males
  • Unemployment rate for two or more race residents
  • 41.0%Males
  • Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino residents
  • 73.2%Females
Year of entry for the foreign-born population in Mount Airy, North Carolina
  • Year of entry for the foreign-born population in Mount Airy, North Carolina
  • 912010 or later
  • 1052000 to 2009
  • 381990 to 1999
  • 1641980 to 1989
  • 221970 to 1979
  • 15Before 1970
Ancestries in Mount Airy, NC

First ancestries reported:

  • American: 1,469 (26.6%)
  • English: 1,104 (20.0%)
  • German: 229 (4.2%)
  • Irish: 167 (3.0%)
  • Turkish: 113 (2.0%)
  • Scotch-Irish: 75 (1.4%)
  • Scottish: 54 (1.0%)
  • Italian: 41 (0.7%)
  • European: 40 (0.7%)
  • French Canadian: 39 (0.7%)
  • Polish: 34 (0.6%)
  • Swedish: 31 (0.6%)
  • Dutch: 21 (0.4%)
  • British: 19 (0.3%)
  • French: 15 (0.3%)
  • Canadian: 11 (0.2%)
  • Scandinavian: 10 (0.2%)
  • Portuguese: 8 (0.1%)
  • Czech: 7 (0.1%)
  • Russian: 4 (0.07%)
  • Estonian: 3 (0.05%)

Most common places of birth for foreign-born residents (%):

Turkey
Mount Airy:

29.7% (137)
North Carolina:

0.3% (2,997)

Mexico
Mount Airy:

27.1% (125)
North Carolina:

24.7% (214,776)

Thailand
Mount Airy:

16.1% (74)
North Carolina:

0.7% (6,161)

Canada
Mount Airy:

7.4% (34)
North Carolina:

2.1% (18,105)

China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan
Mount Airy:

4.3% (20)
North Carolina:

3.2% (27,477)

Philippines
Mount Airy:

3.3% (15)
North Carolina:

2.4% (20,695)

El Salvador
Mount Airy:

2.6% (12)
North Carolina:

3.8% (33,379)

Portugal
Mount Airy:

2.2% (10)
North Carolina:

0.1% (903)

Czechoslovakia (includes Czech Republic and Slovakia)
Mount Airy:

1.5% (7)
North Carolina:

0.2% (1,445)

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

  • This state: 7,319
  • Other state: 2,634
  • Northeast: 897
  • Midwest: 157
  • South: 1,524
  • West: 124

87.0% of Mount Airy residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 31.7% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 42.2% lived in North Carolina.


Mount Airy:

87.0%
State average:

87.3%

Education attainment for males 25 years and older:

  • No schooling: 67
  • Nursery to 4th grade: 8
  • 5th and 6th grade: 33
  • 7th and 8th grade: 151
  • 9th grade: 69
  • 10th grade: 102
  • 11th grade: 161
  • 12th grade, no diploma: 37
  • High school graduate (or equivalency): 998
  • Less than 1 year of college: 676
  • Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 372
  • Associate degree: 200
  • Bachelor's degree: 494
  • Master's degree: 199
  • Professional school degree: 65
  • Doctorate degree: 36
Educational Attainment for Males

Education attainment for females 25 years and older:

  • No schooling: 69
  • Nursery to 4th grade: 0
  • 5th and 6th grade: 49
  • 7th and 8th grade: 52
  • 9th grade: 166
  • 10th grade: 179
  • 11th grade: 73
  • 12th grade, no diploma: 34
  • High school graduate (or equivalency): 951
  • Less than 1 year of college: 415
  • Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 971
  • Associate degree: 386
  • Bachelor's degree: 620
  • Master's degree: 235
  • Professional school degree: 65
  • Doctorate degree: 11
Educational Attainment for Females
Mount Airy marital status for males
Mount Airy marital status for females

Housing units in structures:

  • One, detached: 3,232
  • One, attached: 255
  • Two: 453
  • 3 or 4: 708
  • 5 to 9: 373
  • 10 to 19: 202
  • 20 to 49: 167
  • 50 or more: 82
  • Mobile homes: 124
Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities in 2022: 3.5%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities in 2022: 4.7%

House/condo owner moved in on average 11 years ago

Renter moved in on average 6 years ago

Year householders moved into residence in Mount Airy
Houses and condos Apartments
Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos in Mount Airy, NC
  • 72.2%Electricity
  • 12.7%Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.
  • 8.4%No fuel used
  • 3.3%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
  • 2.5%Utility gas
  • 0.5%Other fuel
  • 0.4%Wood
Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments in Mount Airy, NC
  • 85.6%Electricity
  • 3.7%Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.
  • 3.3%No fuel used
  • 2.4%Other fuel
  • 2.3%Utility gas
  • 2.2%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
  • 0.5%Wood

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 196
Here:

22.8%
North Carolina:

13.8%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 69
Here:

18.0%
North Carolina:

11.9%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 58
Here:

32.0%
North Carolina:

19.3%
School Enrollment by Level of School for Male Students
School Enrollment by Level of School for Female Students
Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Noninstitutionalized Residents
Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Noninstitutionalized Residents
Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Noninstitutionalized Residents
Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Noninstitutionalized Residents
Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Noninstitutionalized Residents
Age and Sex of Noninstitutionalized Residents with Employment Disability