Flat Rock vs Fruitland

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

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

Flat Rock has the higher population (3,502 vs 2,417 in Fruitland). Flat Rock has the higher median household income ($103,981 vs $46,113 in Fruitland). Flat Rock has the higher median home value ($563,600 vs $136,500 in Fruitland).

Population, income & housing

	Flat Rock	Fruitland
Population	3,502	2,417
Median age	63.4 yrs	53.3 yrs
Median household income	$103,981	$46,113
Median home value	$563,600	$136,500
Median gross rent	$971	$798
Housing units	2,046	1,354
Homeownership rate	96.3%	73.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	65.1%	22.6%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Flat Rock	Fruitland
Population	3,328 → 3,502 (+5.2%)	2,373 → 2,417 (+1.9%)
Median household income	$90,887 → $103,981 (+14.4%)	$39,681 → $46,113 (+16.2%)
Median home value	$424,600 → $563,600 (+32.7%)	$88,700 → $136,500 (+53.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,224 → $971 (-20.7%)	$591 → $798 (+35.0%)

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

Fruitland

Population

2,3732,417

Median household income

$39,681$46,113

Median home value

$88,700$136,500

Median gross rent

$591$798

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Flat Rock	Fruitland
Under 5	2.8%	1.9%
5 to 17	6.7%	12.6%
18 to 24	2.9%	7.2%
25 to 34	4.7%	8.9%
35 to 44	6.8%	8.6%
45 to 54	8.5%	15.2%
55 to 64	18.6%	15.3%
65 to 74	24.3%	17.1%
75 and over	24.6%	13.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Flat Rock	Fruitland
White (non-Hispanic)	93.5%	79.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.6%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	4.7%	16.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Flat Rock	Fruitland
No high school diploma	1.7%	18.3%
High school graduate	11.4%	31.4%
Some college or associate's	21.8%	27.7%
Bachelor's degree	35.9%	13.5%
Graduate or professional degree	29.2%	9.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Flat Rock	Fruitland
Drove alone	67.8%	84.6%
Carpooled	2.6%	4.5%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	27.3%	4.8%
Other means	2.1%	5.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Flat Rock	Fruitland
1-unit, detached	91.3%	51.8%
1-unit, attached	4.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.4%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	46.3%

Poverty & households

	Flat Rock	Fruitland
Poverty rate	9.0%	11.3%
Average household size	2.11	2.15
Mean commute (minutes)	28	21
Median year structure built	1993	1990