Edneyville vs Mountain Home

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

Edneyville 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.

Mountain Home has the higher population (3,518 vs 2,698 in Edneyville). Mountain Home has the higher median household income ($68,750 vs $59,349 in Edneyville). Mountain Home has the higher median home value ($353,200 vs $283,900 in Edneyville).

Population, income & housing

	Edneyville	Mountain Home
Population	2,698	3,518
Median age	33.5 yrs	52.4 yrs
Median household income	$59,349	$68,750
Median home value	$283,900	$353,200
Median gross rent	$854	$1,208
Housing units	1,126	1,643
Homeownership rate	49.5%	66.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.2%	40.0%
Unemployment rate	0.6%	0.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Edneyville	Mountain Home
Population	2,549 → 2,698 (+5.8%)	4,173 → 3,518 (-15.7%)
Median household income	$54,038 → $59,349 (+9.8%)	$51,384 → $68,750 (+33.8%)
Median home value	$207,300 → $283,900 (+37.0%)	$165,000 → $353,200 (+114.1%)
Median gross rent	$780 → $854 (+9.5%)	$781 → $1,208 (+54.7%)

Edneyville

Population

2,5492,698

Median household income

$54,038$59,349

Median home value

$207,300$283,900

Median gross rent

$780$854

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)

	Edneyville	Mountain Home
Under 5	3.7%	2.2%
5 to 17	26.2%	10.0%
18 to 24	6.7%	11.7%
25 to 34	18.5%	9.7%
35 to 44	12.2%	8.0%
45 to 54	9.2%	12.7%
55 to 64	11.7%	16.1%
65 to 74	6.7%	15.3%
75 and over	5.2%	14.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Edneyville	Mountain Home
White (non-Hispanic)	80.9%	80.7%
Black or African American	3.0%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.5%
Asian	1.3%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.9%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	13.9%	15.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Edneyville	Mountain Home
No high school diploma	4.1%	10.1%
High school graduate	27.9%	23.5%
Some college or associate's	48.8%	26.4%
Bachelor's degree	10.0%	29.3%
Graduate or professional degree	9.2%	10.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Edneyville	Mountain Home
Drove alone	78.1%	79.9%
Carpooled	6.7%	12.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.1%	7.2%
Other means	5.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Edneyville	Mountain Home
1-unit, detached	60.8%	81.9%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	4.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	34.5%	16.1%

Poverty & households

	Edneyville	Mountain Home
Poverty rate	23.6%	13.3%
Average household size	2.55	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	27	17
Median year structure built	1997	1979