Matthews vs Mint Hill

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

Matthews 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.

Matthews has the higher population (29,959 vs 26,954 in Mint Hill). Matthews has the higher median household income ($105,579 vs $99,272 in Mint Hill). Matthews has the higher median home value ($406,800 vs $386,900 in Mint Hill).

Population, income & housing

	Matthews	Mint Hill
Population	29,959	26,954
Median age	39.3 yrs	46.2 yrs
Median household income	$105,579	$99,272
Median home value	$406,800	$386,900
Median gross rent	$1,670	$1,498
Housing units	11,945	10,888
Homeownership rate	65.5%	82.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	53.9%	38.4%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Matthews	Mint Hill
Population	32,044 → 29,959 (-6.5%)	26,697 → 26,954 (+1.0%)
Median household income	$84,594 → $105,579 (+24.8%)	$75,084 → $99,272 (+32.2%)
Median home value	$265,300 → $406,800 (+53.3%)	$268,300 → $386,900 (+44.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,279 → $1,670 (+30.6%)	$1,173 → $1,498 (+27.7%)

Matthews

Population

32,04429,959

Median household income

$84,594$105,579

Median home value

$265,300$406,800

Median gross rent

$1,279$1,670

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)

	Matthews	Mint Hill
Under 5	7.2%	4.0%
5 to 17	14.4%	15.7%
18 to 24	6.9%	6.5%
25 to 34	15.3%	10.5%
35 to 44	11.6%	12.2%
45 to 54	12.0%	16.3%
55 to 64	12.9%	15.1%
65 to 74	9.6%	11.1%
75 and over	10.0%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Matthews	Mint Hill
White (non-Hispanic)	70.3%	66.3%
Black or African American	13.2%	14.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	6.1%	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	6.1%	11.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Matthews	Mint Hill
No high school diploma	5.2%	7.4%
High school graduate	16.5%	21.3%
Some college or associate's	24.3%	33.0%
Bachelor's degree	37.5%	24.9%
Graduate or professional degree	16.4%	13.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Matthews	Mint Hill
Drove alone	71.5%	67.2%
Carpooled	10.4%	9.3%
Public transit	0.5%	0.2%
Walked	1.3%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.6%	22.1%
Other means	0.7%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Matthews	Mint Hill
1-unit, detached	63.2%	85.6%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	5.2%
2 to 4 units	2.6%	0.1%
5 to 19 units	12.7%	2.8%
20 or more units	17.7%	4.5%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	1.7%

Poverty & households

	Matthews	Mint Hill
Poverty rate	4.0%	8.7%
Average household size	2.63	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	26	28
Median year structure built	1993	1991