Dallas vs Mount Holly

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

Dallas 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 6,012 in Dallas). Mount Holly has the higher median household income ($75,928 vs $57,755 in Dallas). Mount Holly has the higher median home value ($286,400 vs $221,700 in Dallas).

Population, income & housing

	Dallas	Mount Holly
Population	6,012	17,928
Median age	38.8 yrs	39.1 yrs
Median household income	$57,755	$75,928
Median home value	$221,700	$286,400
Median gross rent	$794	$1,145
Housing units	2,396	7,546
Homeownership rate	60.1%	67.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.6%	37.9%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	6.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dallas	Mount Holly
Population	4,696 → 6,012 (+28.0%)	15,610 → 17,928 (+14.8%)
Median household income	$42,606 → $57,755 (+35.6%)	$60,574 → $75,928 (+25.3%)
Median home value	$135,000 → $221,700 (+64.2%)	$172,300 → $286,400 (+66.2%)
Median gross rent	$723 → $794 (+9.8%)	$863 → $1,145 (+32.7%)

Dallas

Population

4,6966,012

Median household income

$42,606$57,755

Median home value

$135,000$221,700

Median gross rent

$723$794

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)

	Dallas	Mount Holly
Under 5	5.5%	4.4%
5 to 17	17.9%	17.8%
18 to 24	10.3%	6.5%
25 to 34	8.7%	15.4%
35 to 44	20.3%	15.1%
45 to 54	9.3%	15.7%
55 to 64	14.6%	14.3%
65 to 74	9.2%	6.8%
75 and over	4.1%	4.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dallas	Mount Holly
White (non-Hispanic)	46.9%	69.3%
Black or African American	31.3%	15.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	3.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.2%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	17.2%	8.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dallas	Mount Holly
No high school diploma	15.3%	8.1%
High school graduate	24.1%	20.3%
Some college or associate's	39.0%	33.7%
Bachelor's degree	18.8%	25.9%
Graduate or professional degree	2.8%	12.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dallas	Mount Holly
Drove alone	84.5%	75.7%
Carpooled	10.7%	5.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.6%	17.6%
Other means	0.5%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dallas	Mount Holly
1-unit, detached	70.5%	73.1%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	8.6%
2 to 4 units	5.6%	5.6%
5 to 19 units	13.1%	8.2%
20 or more units	5.4%	2.6%
Mobile home & other	2.9%	2.0%

Poverty & households

	Dallas	Mount Holly
Poverty rate	8.8%	8.2%
Average household size	2.81	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	25	28
Median year structure built	1997	1997