Elkin vs Flat Rock

A side-by-side comparison of Elkin and Flat Rock: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Elkin has the higher population (4,025 vs 1,141 in Flat Rock). Elkin has the higher median household income ($60,434 vs $52,188 in Flat Rock). Elkin has the higher median home value ($187,200 vs $111,700 in Flat Rock).

Population, income & housing

	Elkin	Flat Rock
Population	4,025	1,141
Median age	41.3 yrs	31.9 yrs
Median household income	$60,434	$52,188
Median home value	$187,200	$111,700
Median gross rent	$765	$650
Housing units	1,903	537
Homeownership rate	62.4%	72.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.0%	16.6%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elkin	Flat Rock
Population	4,097 → 4,025 (-1.8%)	1,072 → 1,141 (+6.4%)
Median household income	$51,286 → $60,434 (+17.8%)	$30,833 → $52,188 (+69.3%)
Median home value	$137,800 → $187,200 (+35.8%)	$84,500 → $111,700 (+32.2%)
Median gross rent	$549 → $765 (+39.3%)	$589 → $650 (+10.4%)

Elkin

Population

4,0974,025

Median household income

$51,286$60,434

Median home value

$137,800$187,200

Median gross rent

$549$765

Flat Rock

Population

1,0721,141

Median household income

$30,833$52,188

Median home value

$84,500$111,700

Median gross rent

$589$650

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elkin	Flat Rock
Under 5	4.1%	12.7%
5 to 17	19.8%	9.8%
18 to 24	10.1%	4.8%
25 to 34	9.9%	23.9%
35 to 44	11.2%	9.1%
45 to 54	9.4%	13.6%
55 to 64	13.8%	13.0%
65 to 74	12.4%	4.6%
75 and over	9.3%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elkin	Flat Rock
White (non-Hispanic)	66.8%	92.7%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	29.0%	6.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elkin	Flat Rock
No high school diploma	15.3%	18.8%
High school graduate	23.7%	31.2%
Some college or associate's	33.0%	33.3%
Bachelor's degree	22.5%	15.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	0.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elkin	Flat Rock
Drove alone	72.6%	93.6%
Carpooled	17.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.1%	6.4%
Other means	0.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elkin	Flat Rock
1-unit, detached	65.1%	63.7%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	11.8%	1.9%
20 or more units	10.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.5%	34.5%

Poverty & households

	Elkin	Flat Rock
Poverty rate	23.0%	19.2%
Average household size	2.33	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	25	15
Median year structure built	1967	1971