Fletcher vs Mountain Home

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

Fletcher 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.

Fletcher has the higher population (8,022 vs 3,518 in Mountain Home). Fletcher has the higher median household income ($75,117 vs $68,750 in Mountain Home). Mountain Home has the higher median home value ($353,200 vs $324,000 in Fletcher).

Population, income & housing

	Fletcher	Mountain Home
Population	8,022	3,518
Median age	45.5 yrs	52.4 yrs
Median household income	$75,117	$68,750
Median home value	$324,000	$353,200
Median gross rent	$1,207	$1,208
Housing units	3,760	1,643
Homeownership rate	82.1%	66.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.1%	40.0%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	0.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fletcher	Mountain Home
Population	8,117 → 8,022 (-1.2%)	4,173 → 3,518 (-15.7%)
Median household income	$64,839 → $75,117 (+15.9%)	$51,384 → $68,750 (+33.8%)
Median home value	$215,700 → $324,000 (+50.2%)	$165,000 → $353,200 (+114.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,117 → $1,207 (+8.1%)	$781 → $1,208 (+54.7%)

Fletcher

Population

8,1178,022

Median household income

$64,839$75,117

Median home value

$215,700$324,000

Median gross rent

$1,117$1,207

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)

	Fletcher	Mountain Home
Under 5	4.4%	2.2%
5 to 17	11.9%	10.0%
18 to 24	6.7%	11.7%
25 to 34	10.1%	9.7%
35 to 44	16.1%	8.0%
45 to 54	11.3%	12.7%
55 to 64	16.2%	16.1%
65 to 74	15.0%	15.3%
75 and over	8.2%	14.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fletcher	Mountain Home
White (non-Hispanic)	81.0%	80.7%
Black or African American	3.3%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.5%
Asian	3.4%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.9%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	9.0%	15.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fletcher	Mountain Home
No high school diploma	6.6%	10.1%
High school graduate	20.0%	23.5%
Some college or associate's	34.4%	26.4%
Bachelor's degree	30.0%	29.3%
Graduate or professional degree	9.1%	10.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fletcher	Mountain Home
Drove alone	83.5%	79.9%
Carpooled	6.4%	12.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.7%	7.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fletcher	Mountain Home
1-unit, detached	63.7%	81.9%
1-unit, attached	15.5%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	3.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	8.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.9%	16.1%

Poverty & households

	Fletcher	Mountain Home
Poverty rate	7.4%	13.3%
Average household size	2.29	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	19	17
Median year structure built	2001	1979