Belwood vs Kings Mountain

A side-by-side comparison of Belwood and Kings Mountain: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Kings Mountain has the higher population (11,472 vs 928 in Belwood). Belwood has the higher median household income ($49,078 vs $45,507 in Kings Mountain). Belwood has the higher median home value ($180,600 vs $177,700 in Kings Mountain).

Population, income & housing

	Belwood	Kings Mountain
Population	928	11,472
Median age	46.6 yrs	41.6 yrs
Median household income	$49,078	$45,507
Median home value	$180,600	$177,700
Median gross rent	$907	$879
Housing units	401	4,727
Homeownership rate	81.0%	63.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.5%	17.0%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belwood	Kings Mountain
Population	999 → 928 (-7.1%)	11,028 → 11,472 (+4.0%)
Median household income	$43,828 → $49,078 (+12.0%)	$39,195 → $45,507 (+16.1%)
Median home value	$95,800 → $180,600 (+88.5%)	$123,600 → $177,700 (+43.8%)
Median gross rent	$628 → $907 (+44.4%)	$741 → $879 (+18.6%)

Belwood

Population

999928

Median household income

$43,828$49,078

Median home value

$95,800$180,600

Median gross rent

$628$907

Kings Mountain

Population

11,02811,472

Median household income

$39,195$45,507

Median home value

$123,600$177,700

Median gross rent

$741$879

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Belwood	Kings Mountain
Under 5	5.7%	5.9%
5 to 17	19.7%	16.7%
18 to 24	3.3%	8.1%
25 to 34	8.4%	13.6%
35 to 44	5.5%	9.4%
45 to 54	28.4%	10.7%
55 to 64	11.9%	16.2%
65 to 74	10.0%	10.8%
75 and over	7.0%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belwood	Kings Mountain
White (non-Hispanic)	89.3%	69.0%
Black or African American	1.2%	22.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.8%	2.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	7.5%	2.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belwood	Kings Mountain
No high school diploma	13.5%	13.2%
High school graduate	43.3%	39.9%
Some college or associate's	29.8%	29.8%
Bachelor's degree	10.4%	11.5%
Graduate or professional degree	3.0%	5.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belwood	Kings Mountain
Drove alone	92.9%	81.0%
Carpooled	4.3%	5.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	4.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.9%	6.5%
Other means	0.0%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belwood	Kings Mountain
1-unit, detached	63.6%	74.4%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	15.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	35.7%	2.6%

Poverty & households

	Belwood	Kings Mountain
Poverty rate	13.9%	23.7%
Average household size	2.71	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	39	24
Median year structure built	1988	1975