Dana vs Flat Rock

A side-by-side comparison of Dana and Flat Rock: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Dana has the higher population (3,824 vs 3,502 in Flat Rock). Flat Rock has the higher median household income ($103,981 vs $55,801 in Dana). Flat Rock has the higher median home value ($563,600 vs $223,400 in Dana).

Population, income & housing

	Dana	Flat Rock
Population	3,824	3,502
Median age	40.4 yrs	63.4 yrs
Median household income	$55,801	$103,981
Median home value	$223,400	$563,600
Median gross rent	$901	$971
Housing units	1,602	2,046
Homeownership rate	77.7%	96.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.0%	65.1%
Unemployment rate	6.6%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dana	Flat Rock
Population	3,919 → 3,824 (-2.4%)	3,328 → 3,502 (+5.2%)
Median household income	$45,146 → $55,801 (+23.6%)	$90,887 → $103,981 (+14.4%)
Median home value	$140,500 → $223,400 (+59.0%)	$424,600 → $563,600 (+32.7%)
Median gross rent	$773 → $901 (+16.6%)	$1,224 → $971 (-20.7%)

Dana

Population

3,9193,824

Median household income

$45,146$55,801

Median home value

$140,500$223,400

Median gross rent

$773$901

Flat Rock

Population

3,3283,502

Median household income

$90,887$103,981

Median home value

$424,600$563,600

Median gross rent

$1,224$971

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dana	Flat Rock
Under 5	5.1%	2.8%
5 to 17	22.3%	6.7%
18 to 24	3.0%	2.9%
25 to 34	7.1%	4.7%
35 to 44	21.1%	6.8%
45 to 54	15.8%	8.5%
55 to 64	4.5%	18.6%
65 to 74	14.6%	24.3%
75 and over	6.5%	24.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dana	Flat Rock
White (non-Hispanic)	60.0%	93.5%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	2.6%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	36.1%	4.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dana	Flat Rock
No high school diploma	23.3%	1.7%
High school graduate	27.5%	11.4%
Some college or associate's	29.2%	21.8%
Bachelor's degree	12.3%	35.9%
Graduate or professional degree	7.7%	29.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dana	Flat Rock
Drove alone	79.4%	67.8%
Carpooled	7.6%	2.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.6%	27.3%
Other means	1.4%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dana	Flat Rock
1-unit, detached	61.0%	91.3%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	4.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	38.2%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Dana	Flat Rock
Poverty rate	28.5%	9.0%
Average household size	2.60	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	23	28
Median year structure built	1992	1993