Cherryville vs Mount Holly

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

Cherryville 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 6,154 in Cherryville). Mount Holly has the higher median household income ($75,928 vs $58,701 in Cherryville). Mount Holly has the higher median home value ($286,400 vs $198,000 in Cherryville).

Population, income & housing

	Cherryville	Mount Holly
Population	6,154	17,928
Median age	37.7 yrs	39.1 yrs
Median household income	$58,701	$75,928
Median home value	$198,000	$286,400
Median gross rent	$948	$1,145
Housing units	2,715	7,546
Homeownership rate	67.7%	67.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.7%	37.9%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	6.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cherryville	Mount Holly
Population	5,956 → 6,154 (+3.3%)	15,610 → 17,928 (+14.8%)
Median household income	$43,977 → $58,701 (+33.5%)	$60,574 → $75,928 (+25.3%)
Median home value	$125,600 → $198,000 (+57.6%)	$172,300 → $286,400 (+66.2%)
Median gross rent	$754 → $948 (+25.7%)	$863 → $1,145 (+32.7%)

Cherryville

Population

5,9566,154

Median household income

$43,977$58,701

Median home value

$125,600$198,000

Median gross rent

$754$948

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)

	Cherryville	Mount Holly
Under 5	4.8%	4.4%
5 to 17	19.7%	17.8%
18 to 24	10.1%	6.5%
25 to 34	11.6%	15.4%
35 to 44	14.7%	15.1%
45 to 54	9.4%	15.7%
55 to 64	10.7%	14.3%
65 to 74	11.3%	6.8%
75 and over	7.7%	4.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cherryville	Mount Holly
White (non-Hispanic)	88.0%	69.3%
Black or African American	5.7%	15.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	3.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	0.8%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.5%	8.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cherryville	Mount Holly
No high school diploma	8.8%	8.1%
High school graduate	36.2%	20.3%
Some college or associate's	30.3%	33.7%
Bachelor's degree	18.9%	25.9%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	12.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cherryville	Mount Holly
Drove alone	82.9%	75.7%
Carpooled	10.4%	5.3%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.1%	17.6%
Other means	1.7%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cherryville	Mount Holly
1-unit, detached	84.9%	73.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	8.6%
2 to 4 units	12.0%	5.6%
5 to 19 units	1.7%	8.2%
20 or more units	0.2%	2.6%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	2.0%

Poverty & households

	Cherryville	Mount Holly
Poverty rate	15.0%	8.2%
Average household size	2.46	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	28	28
Median year structure built	1970	1997