Gastonia vs Mount Holly

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

Gastonia 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.

Gastonia has the higher population (81,632 vs 17,928 in Mount Holly). Mount Holly has the higher median household income ($75,928 vs $60,554 in Gastonia). Mount Holly has the higher median home value ($286,400 vs $250,000 in Gastonia).

Population, income & housing

	Gastonia	Mount Holly
Population	81,632	17,928
Median age	37.2 yrs	39.1 yrs
Median household income	$60,554	$75,928
Median home value	$250,000	$286,400
Median gross rent	$1,145	$1,145
Housing units	34,721	7,546
Homeownership rate	54.2%	67.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.7%	37.9%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	6.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gastonia	Mount Holly
Population	75,887 → 81,632 (+7.6%)	15,610 → 17,928 (+14.8%)
Median household income	$49,460 → $60,554 (+22.4%)	$60,574 → $75,928 (+25.3%)
Median home value	$155,200 → $250,000 (+61.1%)	$172,300 → $286,400 (+66.2%)
Median gross rent	$879 → $1,145 (+30.3%)	$863 → $1,145 (+32.7%)

Gastonia

Population

75,88781,632

Median household income

$49,460$60,554

Median home value

$155,200$250,000

Median gross rent

$879$1,145

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)

	Gastonia	Mount Holly
Under 5	6.9%	4.4%
5 to 17	18.1%	17.8%
18 to 24	8.6%	6.5%
25 to 34	13.7%	15.4%
35 to 44	12.9%	15.1%
45 to 54	13.1%	15.7%
55 to 64	11.6%	14.3%
65 to 74	9.0%	6.8%
75 and over	6.2%	4.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gastonia	Mount Holly
White (non-Hispanic)	51.7%	69.3%
Black or African American	30.6%	15.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	3.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.1%
Two or more races	4.4%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	11.4%	8.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gastonia	Mount Holly
No high school diploma	11.6%	8.1%
High school graduate	28.3%	20.3%
Some college or associate's	32.4%	33.7%
Bachelor's degree	19.0%	25.9%
Graduate or professional degree	8.7%	12.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gastonia	Mount Holly
Drove alone	77.7%	75.7%
Carpooled	9.6%	5.3%
Public transit	1.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.8%	17.6%
Other means	1.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gastonia	Mount Holly
1-unit, detached	67.7%	73.1%
1-unit, attached	3.2%	8.6%
2 to 4 units	9.1%	5.6%
5 to 19 units	13.7%	8.2%
20 or more units	3.9%	2.6%
Mobile home & other	2.4%	2.0%

Poverty & households

	Gastonia	Mount Holly
Poverty rate	14.3%	8.2%
Average household size	2.53	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	26	28
Median year structure built	1979	1997