Fallston vs Kings Mountain

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

Fallston 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 602 in Fallston). Fallston has the higher median household income ($49,250 vs $45,507 in Kings Mountain). Kings Mountain has the higher median home value ($177,700 vs $86,800 in Fallston).

Population, income & housing

	Fallston	Kings Mountain
Population	602	11,472
Median age	37.3 yrs	41.6 yrs
Median household income	$49,250	$45,507
Median home value	$86,800	$177,700
Median gross rent	$708	$879
Housing units	330	4,727
Homeownership rate	68.2%	63.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.3%	17.0%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fallston	Kings Mountain
Population	509 → 602 (+18.3%)	11,028 → 11,472 (+4.0%)
Median household income	$28,750 → $49,250 (+71.3%)	$39,195 → $45,507 (+16.1%)
Median home value	$110,600 → $86,800 (-21.5%)	$123,600 → $177,700 (+43.8%)
Median gross rent	$494 → $708 (+43.3%)	$741 → $879 (+18.6%)

Fallston

Population

509602

Median household income

$28,750$49,250

Median home value

$110,600$86,800

Median gross rent

$494$708

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)

	Fallston	Kings Mountain
Under 5	15.6%	5.9%
5 to 17	7.1%	16.7%
18 to 24	3.8%	8.1%
25 to 34	22.4%	13.6%
35 to 44	5.1%	9.4%
45 to 54	13.1%	10.7%
55 to 64	16.1%	16.2%
65 to 74	8.8%	10.8%
75 and over	7.8%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fallston	Kings Mountain
White (non-Hispanic)	90.2%	69.0%
Black or African American	3.3%	22.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	2.8%	2.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.3%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	2.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fallston	Kings Mountain
No high school diploma	21.0%	13.2%
High school graduate	22.9%	39.9%
Some college or associate's	32.8%	29.8%
Bachelor's degree	21.7%	11.5%
Graduate or professional degree	1.6%	5.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fallston	Kings Mountain
Drove alone	90.0%	81.0%
Carpooled	4.1%	5.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	4.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.6%	6.5%
Other means	1.4%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fallston	Kings Mountain
1-unit, detached	64.8%	74.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	9.4%	15.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	25.8%	2.6%

Poverty & households

	Fallston	Kings Mountain
Poverty rate	32.4%	23.7%
Average household size	2.31	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	26	24
Median year structure built	1974	1975