Bessemer City vs Mount Holly

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

Bessemer City 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 5,508 in Bessemer City). Mount Holly has the higher median household income ($75,928 vs $48,784 in Bessemer City). Mount Holly has the higher median home value ($286,400 vs $173,000 in Bessemer City).

Population, income & housing

	Bessemer City	Mount Holly
Population	5,508	17,928
Median age	34.3 yrs	39.1 yrs
Median household income	$48,784	$75,928
Median home value	$173,000	$286,400
Median gross rent	$942	$1,145
Housing units	2,397	7,546
Homeownership rate	55.9%	67.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.4%	37.9%
Unemployment rate	7.3%	6.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bessemer City	Mount Holly
Population	5,471 → 5,508 (+0.7%)	15,610 → 17,928 (+14.8%)
Median household income	$40,714 → $48,784 (+19.8%)	$60,574 → $75,928 (+25.3%)
Median home value	$109,100 → $173,000 (+58.6%)	$172,300 → $286,400 (+66.2%)
Median gross rent	$772 → $942 (+22.0%)	$863 → $1,145 (+32.7%)

Bessemer City

Population

5,4715,508

Median household income

$40,714$48,784

Median home value

$109,100$173,000

Median gross rent

$772$942

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)

	Bessemer City	Mount Holly
Under 5	6.8%	4.4%
5 to 17	13.7%	17.8%
18 to 24	10.5%	6.5%
25 to 34	19.7%	15.4%
35 to 44	8.0%	15.1%
45 to 54	13.4%	15.7%
55 to 64	11.2%	14.3%
65 to 74	10.6%	6.8%
75 and over	6.1%	4.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bessemer City	Mount Holly
White (non-Hispanic)	78.7%	69.3%
Black or African American	11.0%	15.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	3.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.8%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	6.9%	8.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bessemer City	Mount Holly
No high school diploma	18.0%	8.1%
High school graduate	36.8%	20.3%
Some college or associate's	30.9%	33.7%
Bachelor's degree	9.2%	25.9%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	12.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bessemer City	Mount Holly
Drove alone	78.8%	75.7%
Carpooled	15.5%	5.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.8%	17.6%
Other means	0.2%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bessemer City	Mount Holly
1-unit, detached	74.8%	73.1%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	8.6%
2 to 4 units	10.2%	5.6%
5 to 19 units	3.7%	8.2%
20 or more units	4.4%	2.6%
Mobile home & other	5.0%	2.0%

Poverty & households

	Bessemer City	Mount Holly
Poverty rate	16.3%	8.2%
Average household size	2.56	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	24	28
Median year structure built	1970	1997