Belmont vs Mount Holly

A side-by-side comparison of Belmont and Mount Holly: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Mount Holly has the higher population (17,928 vs 15,140 in Belmont). Belmont has the higher median household income ($86,442 vs $75,928 in Mount Holly). Belmont has the higher median home value ($349,700 vs $286,400 in Mount Holly).

Population, income & housing

	Belmont	Mount Holly
Population	15,140	17,928
Median age	37.7 yrs	39.1 yrs
Median household income	$86,442	$75,928
Median home value	$349,700	$286,400
Median gross rent	$1,274	$1,145
Housing units	6,505	7,546
Homeownership rate	65.9%	67.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.7%	37.9%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	6.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belmont	Mount Holly
Population	12,054 → 15,140 (+25.6%)	15,610 → 17,928 (+14.8%)
Median household income	$71,650 → $86,442 (+20.6%)	$60,574 → $75,928 (+25.3%)
Median home value	$210,600 → $349,700 (+66.0%)	$172,300 → $286,400 (+66.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,013 → $1,274 (+25.8%)	$863 → $1,145 (+32.7%)

Belmont

Population

12,05415,140

Median household income

$71,650$86,442

Median home value

$210,600$349,700

Median gross rent

$1,013$1,274

Mount Holly

Population

15,61017,928

Median household income

$60,574$75,928

Median home value

$172,300$286,400

Median gross rent

$863$1,145

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Belmont	Mount Holly
Under 5	4.5%	4.4%
5 to 17	15.6%	17.8%
18 to 24	8.9%	6.5%
25 to 34	16.6%	15.4%
35 to 44	12.8%	15.1%
45 to 54	13.8%	15.7%
55 to 64	12.7%	14.3%
65 to 74	9.9%	6.8%
75 and over	5.2%	4.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belmont	Mount Holly
White (non-Hispanic)	83.0%	69.3%
Black or African American	7.3%	15.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.0%	3.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.6%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.7%	8.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belmont	Mount Holly
No high school diploma	7.8%	8.1%
High school graduate	18.0%	20.3%
Some college or associate's	28.4%	33.7%
Bachelor's degree	29.5%	25.9%
Graduate or professional degree	16.2%	12.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belmont	Mount Holly
Drove alone	70.3%	75.7%
Carpooled	5.5%	5.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.9%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.4%	17.6%
Other means	0.9%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belmont	Mount Holly
1-unit, detached	70.5%	73.1%
1-unit, attached	6.1%	8.6%
2 to 4 units	3.4%	5.6%
5 to 19 units	10.9%	8.2%
20 or more units	6.3%	2.6%
Mobile home & other	2.8%	2.0%

Poverty & households

	Belmont	Mount Holly
Poverty rate	10.1%	8.2%
Average household size	2.28	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	26	28
Median year structure built	1998	1997