Falkland vs Fountain

A side-by-side comparison of Falkland and Fountain: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Fountain has the higher population (317 vs 119 in Falkland). Fountain has the higher median home value ($120,600 vs $45,800 in Falkland). Since 2019, Falkland's population has grown faster (+48.8% vs -9.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Falkland	Fountain
Population	119	317
Median age	62.2 yrs	43.6 yrs
Median household income	$93,542	—
Median home value	$45,800	$120,600
Median gross rent	—	$718
Housing units	70	197
Homeownership rate	100.0%	49.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.4%	21.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	25.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Falkland	Fountain
Population	80 → 119 (+48.8%)	351 → 317 (-9.7%)
Median household income	$78,279 → $93,542 (+19.5%)	$24,583 → $22,250 (-9.5%)
Median home value	$89,400 → $45,800 (-48.8%)	$78,800 → $120,600 (+53.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$585 → $718 (+22.7%)

Falkland

Population

80119

Median household income

$78,279$93,542

Median home value

$89,400$45,800

Fountain

Population

351317

Median household income

$24,583$22,250

Median home value

$78,800$120,600

Median gross rent

$585$718

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Falkland	Fountain
Under 5	0.0%	3.2%
5 to 17	0.0%	17.7%
18 to 24	0.0%	8.8%
25 to 34	0.0%	11.7%
35 to 44	0.0%	9.5%
45 to 54	41.2%	9.8%
55 to 64	50.4%	17.4%
65 to 74	6.7%	13.2%
75 and over	1.7%	8.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Falkland	Fountain
White (non-Hispanic)	96.6%	47.6%
Black or African American	3.4%	50.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Falkland	Fountain
No high school diploma	3.4%	22.0%
High school graduate	91.6%	31.8%
Some college or associate's	1.7%	24.7%
Bachelor's degree	3.4%	9.4%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	12.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Falkland	Fountain
Drove alone	100.0%	62.4%
Carpooled	0.0%	26.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	10.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Falkland	Fountain
1-unit, detached	100.0%	65.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	15.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	10.2%

Poverty & households

	Falkland	Fountain
Poverty rate	3.4%	53.6%
Average household size	1.70	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	—	20
Median year structure built	1945	1965