Flat Rock vs Valley Hill

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

Flat Rock and Valley Hill 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 2,540 in Valley Hill). Flat Rock has the higher median household income ($103,981 vs $87,250 in Valley Hill). Flat Rock has the higher median home value ($563,600 vs $296,500 in Valley Hill).

Population, income & housing

	Flat Rock	Valley Hill
Population	3,502	2,540
Median age	63.4 yrs	47.2 yrs
Median household income	$103,981	$87,250
Median home value	$563,600	$296,500
Median gross rent	$971	—
Housing units	2,046	1,132
Homeownership rate	96.3%	78.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	65.1%	42.3%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Flat Rock	Valley Hill
Population	3,328 → 3,502 (+5.2%)	1,927 → 2,540 (+31.8%)
Median household income	$90,887 → $103,981 (+14.4%)	$66,659 → $87,250 (+30.9%)
Median home value	$424,600 → $563,600 (+32.7%)	$261,700 → $296,500 (+13.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,224 → $971 (-20.7%)	—

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

Valley Hill

Population

1,9272,540

Median household income

$66,659$87,250

Median home value

$261,700$296,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Flat Rock	Valley Hill
Under 5	2.8%	12.2%
5 to 17	6.7%	8.8%
18 to 24	2.9%	7.5%
25 to 34	4.7%	5.6%
35 to 44	6.8%	13.1%
45 to 54	8.5%	10.0%
55 to 64	18.6%	21.0%
65 to 74	24.3%	12.3%
75 and over	24.6%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Flat Rock	Valley Hill
White (non-Hispanic)	93.5%	83.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.4%
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%	1.2%
Two or more races	0.6%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	4.7%	14.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Flat Rock	Valley Hill
No high school diploma	1.7%	4.5%
High school graduate	11.4%	29.2%
Some college or associate's	21.8%	24.0%
Bachelor's degree	35.9%	21.4%
Graduate or professional degree	29.2%	20.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Flat Rock	Valley Hill
Drove alone	67.8%	80.0%
Carpooled	2.6%	4.4%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	27.3%	12.2%
Other means	2.1%	3.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Flat Rock	Valley Hill
1-unit, detached	91.3%	87.9%
1-unit, attached	4.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.5%	4.6%
5 to 19 units	2.2%	2.9%
20 or more units	0.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	4.6%

Poverty & households

	Flat Rock	Valley Hill
Poverty rate	9.0%	9.4%
Average household size	2.11	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	28	21
Median year structure built	1993	1984