Fruitland vs Mountain Home

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

Fruitland 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 2,417 in Fruitland). Mountain Home has the higher median household income ($68,750 vs $46,113 in Fruitland). Mountain Home has the higher median home value ($353,200 vs $136,500 in Fruitland).

Population, income & housing

	Fruitland	Mountain Home
Population	2,417	3,518
Median age	53.3 yrs	52.4 yrs
Median household income	$46,113	$68,750
Median home value	$136,500	$353,200
Median gross rent	$798	$1,208
Housing units	1,354	1,643
Homeownership rate	73.0%	66.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.6%	40.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fruitland	Mountain Home
Population	2,373 → 2,417 (+1.9%)	4,173 → 3,518 (-15.7%)
Median household income	$39,681 → $46,113 (+16.2%)	$51,384 → $68,750 (+33.8%)
Median home value	$88,700 → $136,500 (+53.9%)	$165,000 → $353,200 (+114.1%)
Median gross rent	$591 → $798 (+35.0%)	$781 → $1,208 (+54.7%)

Fruitland

Population

2,3732,417

Median household income

$39,681$46,113

Median home value

$88,700$136,500

Median gross rent

$591$798

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)

	Fruitland	Mountain Home
Under 5	1.9%	2.2%
5 to 17	12.6%	10.0%
18 to 24	7.2%	11.7%
25 to 34	8.9%	9.7%
35 to 44	8.6%	8.0%
45 to 54	15.2%	12.7%
55 to 64	15.3%	16.1%
65 to 74	17.1%	15.3%
75 and over	13.2%	14.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fruitland	Mountain Home
White (non-Hispanic)	79.4%	80.7%
Black or African American	1.3%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.5%
Asian	0.0%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	16.7%	15.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fruitland	Mountain Home
No high school diploma	18.3%	10.1%
High school graduate	31.4%	23.5%
Some college or associate's	27.7%	26.4%
Bachelor's degree	13.5%	29.3%
Graduate or professional degree	9.1%	10.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fruitland	Mountain Home
Drove alone	84.6%	79.9%
Carpooled	4.5%	12.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.8%	7.2%
Other means	5.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fruitland	Mountain Home
1-unit, detached	51.8%	81.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	46.3%	16.1%

Poverty & households

	Fruitland	Mountain Home
Poverty rate	11.3%	13.3%
Average household size	2.15	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	21	17
Median year structure built	1990	1979