Biscoe vs Mount Gilead

A side-by-side comparison of Biscoe and Mount Gilead: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Biscoe has the higher population (2,259 vs 1,166 in Mount Gilead). Mount Gilead has the higher median household income ($58,281 vs $43,773 in Biscoe). Mount Gilead has the higher median home value ($141,700 vs $112,800 in Biscoe).

Population, income & housing

	Biscoe	Mount Gilead
Population	2,259	1,166
Median age	30.0 yrs	43.7 yrs
Median household income	$43,773	$58,281
Median home value	$112,800	$141,700
Median gross rent	$615	$1,014
Housing units	944	683
Homeownership rate	49.6%	64.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.6%	20.6%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Biscoe	Mount Gilead
Population	2,334 → 2,259 (-3.2%)	1,228 → 1,166 (-5.0%)
Median household income	$41,900 → $43,773 (+4.5%)	$35,125 → $58,281 (+65.9%)
Median home value	$78,800 → $112,800 (+43.1%)	$104,200 → $141,700 (+36.0%)
Median gross rent	$600 → $615 (+2.5%)	$725 → $1,014 (+39.9%)

Biscoe

Population

2,3342,259

Median household income

$41,900$43,773

Median home value

$78,800$112,800

Median gross rent

$600$615

Mount Gilead

Population

1,2281,166

Median household income

$35,125$58,281

Median home value

$104,200$141,700

Median gross rent

$725$1,014

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Biscoe	Mount Gilead
Under 5	6.7%	3.5%
5 to 17	26.7%	11.4%
18 to 24	9.3%	2.0%
25 to 34	12.5%	22.3%
35 to 44	13.1%	13.2%
45 to 54	6.2%	18.2%
55 to 64	5.5%	10.5%
65 to 74	7.6%	9.7%
75 and over	12.5%	9.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Biscoe	Mount Gilead
White (non-Hispanic)	35.1%	28.2%
Black or African American	20.8%	55.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	11.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.0%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	38.3%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Biscoe	Mount Gilead
No high school diploma	22.4%	12.9%
High school graduate	39.5%	29.4%
Some college or associate's	26.5%	37.0%
Bachelor's degree	2.4%	11.1%
Graduate or professional degree	9.2%	9.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Biscoe	Mount Gilead
Drove alone	71.0%	81.1%
Carpooled	21.4%	4.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.4%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.1%	5.6%
Other means	4.2%	6.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Biscoe	Mount Gilead
1-unit, detached	60.3%	77.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.0%	10.2%
5 to 19 units	8.3%	6.1%
20 or more units	0.8%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	29.7%	5.7%

Poverty & households

	Biscoe	Mount Gilead
Poverty rate	37.4%	17.1%
Average household size	2.84	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	22	22
Median year structure built	1974	1965