Huntersville vs Mint Hill

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

Huntersville 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.

Huntersville has the higher population (62,458 vs 26,954 in Mint Hill). Huntersville has the higher median household income ($119,951 vs $99,272 in Mint Hill). Huntersville has the higher median home value ($439,300 vs $386,900 in Mint Hill).

Population, income & housing

	Huntersville	Mint Hill
Population	62,458	26,954
Median age	39.9 yrs	46.2 yrs
Median household income	$119,951	$99,272
Median home value	$439,300	$386,900
Median gross rent	$1,742	$1,498
Housing units	24,643	10,888
Homeownership rate	72.4%	82.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	57.3%	38.4%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Huntersville	Mint Hill
Population	55,980 → 62,458 (+11.6%)	26,697 → 26,954 (+1.0%)
Median household income	$102,016 → $119,951 (+17.6%)	$75,084 → $99,272 (+32.2%)
Median home value	$301,500 → $439,300 (+45.7%)	$268,300 → $386,900 (+44.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,305 → $1,742 (+33.5%)	$1,173 → $1,498 (+27.7%)

Huntersville

Population

55,98062,458

Median household income

$102,016$119,951

Median home value

$301,500$439,300

Median gross rent

$1,305$1,742

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)

	Huntersville	Mint Hill
Under 5	6.1%	4.0%
5 to 17	18.8%	15.7%
18 to 24	5.7%	6.5%
25 to 34	11.9%	10.5%
35 to 44	16.2%	12.2%
45 to 54	16.4%	16.3%
55 to 64	11.8%	15.1%
65 to 74	9.1%	11.1%
75 and over	3.9%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Huntersville	Mint Hill
White (non-Hispanic)	68.8%	66.3%
Black or African American	13.5%	14.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	5.5%	4.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.4%
Two or more races	4.1%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	7.4%	11.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Huntersville	Mint Hill
No high school diploma	3.0%	7.4%
High school graduate	13.1%	21.3%
Some college or associate's	26.5%	33.0%
Bachelor's degree	37.1%	24.9%
Graduate or professional degree	20.2%	13.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Huntersville	Mint Hill
Drove alone	65.7%	67.2%
Carpooled	5.0%	9.3%
Public transit	1.3%	0.2%
Walked	0.8%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	26.1%	22.1%
Other means	1.2%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Huntersville	Mint Hill
1-unit, detached	76.5%	85.6%
1-unit, attached	5.2%	5.2%
2 to 4 units	1.9%	0.1%
5 to 19 units	6.8%	2.8%
20 or more units	8.2%	4.5%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	1.7%

Poverty & households

	Huntersville	Mint Hill
Poverty rate	3.4%	8.7%
Average household size	2.62	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	27	28
Median year structure built	2004	1991