Black Mountain vs Weaverville

A side-by-side comparison of Black Mountain and Weaverville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Black Mountain has the higher population (8,462 vs 4,618 in Weaverville). Weaverville has the higher median household income ($90,000 vs $70,041 in Black Mountain). Weaverville has the higher median home value ($452,700 vs $351,700 in Black Mountain).

Population, income & housing

	Black Mountain	Weaverville
Population	8,462	4,618
Median age	60.6 yrs	56.1 yrs
Median household income	$70,041	$90,000
Median home value	$351,700	$452,700
Median gross rent	$1,334	$1,642
Housing units	5,046	2,419
Homeownership rate	65.2%	74.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	58.7%	66.0%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Black Mountain	Weaverville
Population	8,144 → 8,462 (+3.9%)	3,940 → 4,618 (+17.2%)
Median household income	$50,373 → $70,041 (+39.0%)	$66,179 → $90,000 (+36.0%)
Median home value	$226,700 → $351,700 (+55.1%)	$280,800 → $452,700 (+61.2%)
Median gross rent	$791 → $1,334 (+68.6%)	$897 → $1,642 (+83.1%)

Black Mountain

Population

8,1448,462

Median household income

$50,373$70,041

Median home value

$226,700$351,700

Median gross rent

$791$1,334

Weaverville

Population

3,9404,618

Median household income

$66,179$90,000

Median home value

$280,800$452,700

Median gross rent

$897$1,642

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Black Mountain	Weaverville
Under 5	2.7%	6.0%
5 to 17	9.3%	8.6%
18 to 24	3.0%	2.6%
25 to 34	8.9%	10.2%
35 to 44	9.5%	10.9%
45 to 54	10.9%	11.1%
55 to 64	15.5%	23.9%
65 to 74	19.2%	15.3%
75 and over	21.0%	11.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Black Mountain	Weaverville
White (non-Hispanic)	91.1%	88.3%
Black or African American	3.3%	5.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.9%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	3.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Black Mountain	Weaverville
No high school diploma	6.7%	2.1%
High school graduate	17.0%	10.1%
Some college or associate's	17.6%	21.8%
Bachelor's degree	35.4%	30.3%
Graduate or professional degree	23.3%	35.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Black Mountain	Weaverville
Drove alone	72.5%	67.6%
Carpooled	7.3%	5.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.6%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.0%	24.6%
Other means	0.3%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Black Mountain	Weaverville
1-unit, detached	73.5%	75.4%
1-unit, attached	3.5%	9.2%
2 to 4 units	3.3%	6.9%
5 to 19 units	10.5%	6.8%
20 or more units	3.7%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	5.5%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Black Mountain	Weaverville
Poverty rate	6.5%	5.6%
Average household size	2.18	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	21	19
Median year structure built	1986	1991