East Flat Rock vs Mountain Home

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

East Flat Rock 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.

East Flat Rock has the higher population (6,468 vs 3,518 in Mountain Home). Mountain Home has the higher median household income ($68,750 vs $59,679 in East Flat Rock). Mountain Home has the higher median home value ($353,200 vs $207,400 in East Flat Rock).

Population, income & housing

	East Flat Rock	Mountain Home
Population	6,468	3,518
Median age	34.5 yrs	52.4 yrs
Median household income	$59,679	$68,750
Median home value	$207,400	$353,200
Median gross rent	$977	$1,208
Housing units	2,243	1,643
Homeownership rate	64.2%	66.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.9%	40.0%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	0.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	East Flat Rock	Mountain Home
Population	5,647 → 6,468 (+14.5%)	4,173 → 3,518 (-15.7%)
Median household income	$46,394 → $59,679 (+28.6%)	$51,384 → $68,750 (+33.8%)
Median home value	$155,600 → $207,400 (+33.3%)	$165,000 → $353,200 (+114.1%)
Median gross rent	$646 → $977 (+51.2%)	$781 → $1,208 (+54.7%)

East Flat Rock

Population

5,6476,468

Median household income

$46,394$59,679

Median home value

$155,600$207,400

Median gross rent

$646$977

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)

	East Flat Rock	Mountain Home
Under 5	4.9%	2.2%
5 to 17	22.7%	10.0%
18 to 24	9.1%	11.7%
25 to 34	14.0%	9.7%
35 to 44	13.4%	8.0%
45 to 54	12.1%	12.7%
55 to 64	10.8%	16.1%
65 to 74	7.0%	15.3%
75 and over	6.1%	14.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	East Flat Rock	Mountain Home
White (non-Hispanic)	65.6%	80.7%
Black or African American	4.1%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.5%
Asian	1.4%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	26.7%	15.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	East Flat Rock	Mountain Home
No high school diploma	17.9%	10.1%
High school graduate	34.7%	23.5%
Some college or associate's	30.5%	26.4%
Bachelor's degree	9.8%	29.3%
Graduate or professional degree	7.1%	10.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	East Flat Rock	Mountain Home
Drove alone	83.6%	79.9%
Carpooled	12.0%	12.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.3%	7.2%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	East Flat Rock	Mountain Home
1-unit, detached	58.3%	81.9%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	3.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	35.8%	16.1%

Poverty & households

	East Flat Rock	Mountain Home
Poverty rate	12.3%	13.3%
Average household size	2.86	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	17	17
Median year structure built	1983	1979