Candor vs Mount Gilead

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

Candor 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.

Candor has the higher population (1,284 vs 1,166 in Mount Gilead). Mount Gilead has the higher median household income ($58,281 vs $46,983 in Candor). Mount Gilead has the higher median home value ($141,700 vs $139,400 in Candor).

Population, income & housing

	Candor	Mount Gilead
Population	1,284	1,166
Median age	34.5 yrs	43.7 yrs
Median household income	$46,983	$58,281
Median home value	$139,400	$141,700
Median gross rent	$1,082	$1,014
Housing units	472	683
Homeownership rate	70.1%	64.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.9%	20.6%
Unemployment rate	1.3%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Candor	Mount Gilead
Population	1,068 → 1,284 (+20.2%)	1,228 → 1,166 (-5.0%)
Median household income	$41,984 → $46,983 (+11.9%)	$35,125 → $58,281 (+65.9%)
Median home value	$100,400 → $139,400 (+38.8%)	$104,200 → $141,700 (+36.0%)
Median gross rent	$645 → $1,082 (+67.8%)	$725 → $1,014 (+39.9%)

Candor

Population

1,0681,284

Median household income

$41,984$46,983

Median home value

$100,400$139,400

Median gross rent

$645$1,082

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)

	Candor	Mount Gilead
Under 5	4.3%	3.5%
5 to 17	23.1%	11.4%
18 to 24	12.9%	2.0%
25 to 34	10.4%	22.3%
35 to 44	15.3%	13.2%
45 to 54	16.7%	18.2%
55 to 64	9.7%	10.5%
65 to 74	4.8%	9.7%
75 and over	2.9%	9.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Candor	Mount Gilead
White (non-Hispanic)	34.3%	28.2%
Black or African American	30.5%	55.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	11.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	32.0%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Candor	Mount Gilead
No high school diploma	27.6%	12.9%
High school graduate	32.2%	29.4%
Some college or associate's	23.3%	37.0%
Bachelor's degree	13.2%	11.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	9.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Candor	Mount Gilead
Drove alone	80.7%	81.1%
Carpooled	18.5%	4.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.8%	5.6%
Other means	0.0%	6.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Candor	Mount Gilead
1-unit, detached	89.8%	77.3%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.8%	10.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	8.9%	5.7%

Poverty & households

	Candor	Mount Gilead
Poverty rate	22.3%	17.1%
Average household size	3.11	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	22	22
Median year structure built	1967	1965