Kings Mountain vs Patterson Springs

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

Kings Mountain and Patterson Springs 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 980 in Patterson Springs). Patterson Springs has the higher median household income ($55,625 vs $45,507 in Kings Mountain). Kings Mountain has the higher median home value ($177,700 vs $116,000 in Patterson Springs).

Population, income & housing

	Kings Mountain	Patterson Springs
Population	11,472	980
Median age	41.6 yrs	33.0 yrs
Median household income	$45,507	$55,625
Median home value	$177,700	$116,000
Median gross rent	$879	$982
Housing units	4,727	361
Homeownership rate	63.5%	66.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.0%	11.4%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kings Mountain	Patterson Springs
Population	11,028 → 11,472 (+4.0%)	934 → 980 (+4.9%)
Median household income	$39,195 → $45,507 (+16.1%)	$29,605 → $55,625 (+87.9%)
Median home value	$123,600 → $177,700 (+43.8%)	$83,000 → $116,000 (+39.8%)
Median gross rent	$741 → $879 (+18.6%)	$588 → $982 (+67.0%)

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

Patterson Springs

Population

934980

Median household income

$29,605$55,625

Median home value

$83,000$116,000

Median gross rent

$588$982

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kings Mountain	Patterson Springs
Under 5	5.9%	4.0%
5 to 17	16.7%	18.0%
18 to 24	8.1%	13.7%
25 to 34	13.6%	22.7%
35 to 44	9.4%	9.7%
45 to 54	10.7%	8.0%
55 to 64	16.2%	10.4%
65 to 74	10.8%	8.7%
75 and over	8.7%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kings Mountain	Patterson Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	69.0%	77.3%
Black or African American	22.9%	13.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	2.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.2%
Two or more races	3.3%	5.9%
Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kings Mountain	Patterson Springs
No high school diploma	13.2%	6.5%
High school graduate	39.9%	51.2%
Some college or associate's	29.8%	30.9%
Bachelor's degree	11.5%	6.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kings Mountain	Patterson Springs
Drove alone	81.0%	93.8%
Carpooled	5.6%	2.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.6%	3.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.5%	0.0%
Other means	2.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kings Mountain	Patterson Springs
1-unit, detached	74.4%	66.8%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	15.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	6.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.9%	3.0%
Mobile home & other	2.6%	29.4%

Poverty & households

	Kings Mountain	Patterson Springs
Poverty rate	23.7%	25.5%
Average household size	2.57	3.06
Mean commute (minutes)	24	24
Median year structure built	1975	1973