Dana vs Mountain Home

A side-by-side comparison of Dana and Mountain Home: population, income, housing, and more.

Dana and Mountain Home 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 3,518 in Mountain Home). Mountain Home has the higher median household income ($68,750 vs $55,801 in Dana). Mountain Home has the higher median home value ($353,200 vs $223,400 in Dana).

Population, income & housing

	Dana	Mountain Home
Population	3,824	3,518
Median age	40.4 yrs	52.4 yrs
Median household income	$55,801	$68,750
Median home value	$223,400	$353,200
Median gross rent	$901	$1,208
Housing units	1,602	1,643
Homeownership rate	77.7%	66.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.0%	40.0%
Unemployment rate	6.6%	0.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dana	Mountain Home
Population	3,919 → 3,824 (-2.4%)	4,173 → 3,518 (-15.7%)
Median household income	$45,146 → $55,801 (+23.6%)	$51,384 → $68,750 (+33.8%)
Median home value	$140,500 → $223,400 (+59.0%)	$165,000 → $353,200 (+114.1%)
Median gross rent	$773 → $901 (+16.6%)	$781 → $1,208 (+54.7%)

Dana

Population

3,9193,824

Median household income

$45,146$55,801

Median home value

$140,500$223,400

Median gross rent

$773$901

Mountain Home

Population

4,1733,518

Median household income

$51,384$68,750

Median home value

$165,000$353,200

Median gross rent

$781$1,208

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dana	Mountain Home
Under 5	5.1%	2.2%
5 to 17	22.3%	10.0%
18 to 24	3.0%	11.7%
25 to 34	7.1%	9.7%
35 to 44	21.1%	8.0%
45 to 54	15.8%	12.7%
55 to 64	4.5%	16.1%
65 to 74	14.6%	15.3%
75 and over	6.5%	14.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dana	Mountain Home
White (non-Hispanic)	60.0%	80.7%
Black or African American	0.4%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	0.5%
Asian	0.0%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	36.1%	15.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dana	Mountain Home
No high school diploma	23.3%	10.1%
High school graduate	27.5%	23.5%
Some college or associate's	29.2%	26.4%
Bachelor's degree	12.3%	29.3%
Graduate or professional degree	7.7%	10.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dana	Mountain Home
Drove alone	79.4%	79.9%
Carpooled	7.6%	12.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.6%	7.2%
Other means	1.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dana	Mountain Home
1-unit, detached	61.0%	81.9%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	38.2%	16.1%

Poverty & households

	Dana	Mountain Home
Poverty rate	28.5%	13.3%
Average household size	2.60	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	23	17
Median year structure built	1992	1979