Mint Hill vs Pineville

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

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

Mint Hill has the higher population (26,954 vs 10,780 in Pineville). Mint Hill has the higher median household income ($99,272 vs $64,257 in Pineville). Mint Hill has the higher median home value ($386,900 vs $344,700 in Pineville).

Population, income & housing

	Mint Hill	Pineville
Population	26,954	10,780
Median age	46.2 yrs	33.9 yrs
Median household income	$99,272	$64,257
Median home value	$386,900	$344,700
Median gross rent	$1,498	$1,467
Housing units	10,888	5,062
Homeownership rate	82.5%	47.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.4%	46.6%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mint Hill	Pineville
Population	26,697 → 26,954 (+1.0%)	8,749 → 10,780 (+23.2%)
Median household income	$75,084 → $99,272 (+32.2%)	$52,967 → $64,257 (+21.3%)
Median home value	$268,300 → $386,900 (+44.2%)	$219,800 → $344,700 (+56.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,173 → $1,498 (+27.7%)	$1,104 → $1,467 (+32.9%)

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

Pineville

Population

8,74910,780

Median household income

$52,967$64,257

Median home value

$219,800$344,700

Median gross rent

$1,104$1,467

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mint Hill	Pineville
Under 5	4.0%	9.2%
5 to 17	15.7%	17.0%
18 to 24	6.5%	6.1%
25 to 34	10.5%	20.4%
35 to 44	12.2%	12.6%
45 to 54	16.3%	9.8%
55 to 64	15.1%	9.6%
65 to 74	11.1%	7.5%
75 and over	8.7%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mint Hill	Pineville
White (non-Hispanic)	66.3%	44.9%
Black or African American	14.9%	17.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	4.4%	5.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.6%	10.2%
Hispanic or Latino	11.4%	21.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mint Hill	Pineville
No high school diploma	7.4%	5.5%
High school graduate	21.3%	16.4%
Some college or associate's	33.0%	31.6%
Bachelor's degree	24.9%	34.0%
Graduate or professional degree	13.5%	12.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mint Hill	Pineville
Drove alone	67.2%	63.8%
Carpooled	9.3%	8.4%
Public transit	0.2%	1.6%
Walked	0.8%	5.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	22.1%	20.4%
Other means	0.5%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mint Hill	Pineville
1-unit, detached	85.6%	36.6%
1-unit, attached	5.2%	16.9%
2 to 4 units	0.1%	2.1%
5 to 19 units	2.8%	21.5%
20 or more units	4.5%	22.9%
Mobile home & other	1.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Mint Hill	Pineville
Poverty rate	8.7%	14.0%
Average household size	2.64	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	28	25
Median year structure built	1991	2000