Charlotte vs Mint Hill

A side-by-side comparison of Charlotte and Mint Hill: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Charlotte has the higher population (886,283 vs 26,954 in Mint Hill). Mint Hill has the higher median household income ($99,272 vs $78,438 in Charlotte). Mint Hill has the higher median home value ($386,900 vs $351,500 in Charlotte).

Population, income & housing

	Charlotte	Mint Hill
Population	886,283	26,954
Median age	34.4 yrs	46.2 yrs
Median household income	$78,438	$99,272
Median home value	$351,500	$386,900
Median gross rent	$1,504	$1,498
Housing units	390,835	10,888
Homeownership rate	51.5%	82.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	47.4%	38.4%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Charlotte	Mint Hill
Population	857,425 → 886,283 (+3.4%)	26,697 → 26,954 (+1.0%)
Median household income	$62,817 → $78,438 (+24.9%)	$75,084 → $99,272 (+32.2%)
Median home value	$220,300 → $351,500 (+59.6%)	$268,300 → $386,900 (+44.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,135 → $1,504 (+32.5%)	$1,173 → $1,498 (+27.7%)

Charlotte

Population

857,425886,283

Median household income

$62,817$78,438

Median home value

$220,300$351,500

Median gross rent

$1,135$1,504

Mint Hill

Population

26,69726,954

Median household income

$75,084$99,272

Median home value

$268,300$386,900

Median gross rent

$1,173$1,498

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Charlotte	Mint Hill
Under 5	6.5%	4.0%
5 to 17	16.5%	15.7%
18 to 24	9.7%	6.5%
25 to 34	18.4%	10.5%
35 to 44	14.8%	12.2%
45 to 54	12.8%	16.3%
55 to 64	10.7%	15.1%
65 to 74	6.7%	11.1%
75 and over	4.0%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Charlotte	Mint Hill
White (non-Hispanic)	38.7%	66.3%
Black or African American	33.7%	14.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	6.3%	4.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.7%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	17.0%	11.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Charlotte	Mint Hill
No high school diploma	10.4%	7.4%
High school graduate	16.6%	21.3%
Some college or associate's	25.5%	33.0%
Bachelor's degree	30.4%	24.9%
Graduate or professional degree	17.0%	13.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Charlotte	Mint Hill
Drove alone	61.0%	67.2%
Carpooled	8.1%	9.3%
Public transit	2.2%	0.2%
Walked	1.7%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	25.5%	22.1%
Other means	1.3%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Charlotte	Mint Hill
1-unit, detached	52.0%	85.6%
1-unit, attached	9.1%	5.2%
2 to 4 units	3.7%	0.1%
5 to 19 units	16.6%	2.8%
20 or more units	17.3%	4.5%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	1.7%

Poverty & households

	Charlotte	Mint Hill
Poverty rate	11.7%	8.7%
Average household size	2.42	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	25	28
Median year structure built	1994	1991