Newland vs Sugar Mountain

A side-by-side comparison of Newland and Sugar Mountain: population, income, housing, and more.

Newland and Sugar Mountain are places in North Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Newland has the higher population (815 vs 503 in Sugar Mountain). Sugar Mountain has the higher median household income ($110,000 vs $43,429 in Newland). Sugar Mountain has the higher median home value ($312,200 vs $223,800 in Newland).

Population, income & housing

	Newland	Sugar Mountain
Population	815	503
Median age	50.0 yrs	59.8 yrs
Median household income	$43,429	$110,000
Median home value	$223,800	$312,200
Median gross rent	$774	$1,650
Housing units	479	1,679
Homeownership rate	52.6%	84.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.3%	58.9%
Unemployment rate	9.7%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Newland	Sugar Mountain
Population	755 → 815 (+7.9%)	443 → 503 (+13.5%)
Median household income	$22,679 → $43,429 (+91.5%)	$78,523 → $110,000 (+40.1%)
Median home value	$143,800 → $223,800 (+55.6%)	$232,300 → $312,200 (+34.4%)
Median gross rent	$667 → $774 (+16.0%)	$963 → $1,650 (+71.3%)

Newland

Population

755815

Median household income

$22,679$43,429

Median home value

$143,800$223,800

Median gross rent

$667$774

Sugar Mountain

Population

443503

Median household income

$78,523$110,000

Median home value

$232,300$312,200

Median gross rent

$963$1,650

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Newland	Sugar Mountain
Under 5	2.3%	1.0%
5 to 17	13.1%	9.5%
18 to 24	3.7%	5.4%
25 to 34	4.3%	8.0%
35 to 44	13.7%	8.3%
45 to 54	20.7%	11.7%
55 to 64	22.1%	16.5%
65 to 74	9.6%	24.9%
75 and over	10.4%	14.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Newland	Sugar Mountain
White (non-Hispanic)	92.3%	91.8%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	5.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.8%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	7.5%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Newland	Sugar Mountain
No high school diploma	4.9%	0.5%
High school graduate	34.0%	23.6%
Some college or associate's	31.9%	17.0%
Bachelor's degree	19.4%	27.9%
Graduate or professional degree	9.9%	31.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Newland	Sugar Mountain
Drove alone	92.6%	57.8%
Carpooled	0.6%	23.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.8%	13.9%
Other means	1.3%	2.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Newland	Sugar Mountain
1-unit, detached	68.9%	26.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	4.4%	21.5%
5 to 19 units	1.3%	25.4%
20 or more units	7.1%	26.1%
Mobile home & other	18.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Newland	Sugar Mountain
Poverty rate	12.1%	6.8%
Average household size	1.96	1.93
Mean commute (minutes)	16	18
Median year structure built	1968	1985