Mountain Home vs Valley Hill

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

Mountain Home 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.

Mountain Home has the higher population (3,518 vs 2,540 in Valley Hill). Valley Hill has the higher median household income ($87,250 vs $68,750 in Mountain Home). Mountain Home has the higher median home value ($353,200 vs $296,500 in Valley Hill).

Population, income & housing

	Mountain Home	Valley Hill
Population	3,518	2,540
Median age	52.4 yrs	47.2 yrs
Median household income	$68,750	$87,250
Median home value	$353,200	$296,500
Median gross rent	$1,208	—
Housing units	1,643	1,132
Homeownership rate	66.8%	78.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.0%	42.3%
Unemployment rate	0.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mountain Home	Valley Hill
Population	4,173 → 3,518 (-15.7%)	1,927 → 2,540 (+31.8%)
Median household income	$51,384 → $68,750 (+33.8%)	$66,659 → $87,250 (+30.9%)
Median home value	$165,000 → $353,200 (+114.1%)	$261,700 → $296,500 (+13.3%)
Median gross rent	$781 → $1,208 (+54.7%)	—

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

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)

	Mountain Home	Valley Hill
Under 5	2.2%	12.2%
5 to 17	10.0%	8.8%
18 to 24	11.7%	7.5%
25 to 34	9.7%	5.6%
35 to 44	8.0%	13.1%
45 to 54	12.7%	10.0%
55 to 64	16.1%	21.0%
65 to 74	15.3%	12.3%
75 and over	14.2%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mountain Home	Valley Hill
White (non-Hispanic)	80.7%	83.5%
Black or African American	1.1%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	1.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.2%
Two or more races	0.6%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	15.3%	14.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mountain Home	Valley Hill
No high school diploma	10.1%	4.5%
High school graduate	23.5%	29.2%
Some college or associate's	26.4%	24.0%
Bachelor's degree	29.3%	21.4%
Graduate or professional degree	10.8%	20.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mountain Home	Valley Hill
Drove alone	79.9%	80.0%
Carpooled	12.9%	4.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.2%	12.2%
Other means	0.0%	3.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mountain Home	Valley Hill
1-unit, detached	81.9%	87.9%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	16.1%	4.6%

Poverty & households

	Mountain Home	Valley Hill
Poverty rate	13.3%	9.4%
Average household size	2.17	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	17	21
Median year structure built	1979	1984