Elkin vs Mount Airy

A side-by-side comparison of Elkin and Mount Airy: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Mount Airy has the higher population (10,631 vs 4,025 in Elkin). Elkin has the higher median household income ($60,434 vs $39,873 in Mount Airy). Elkin has the higher median home value ($187,200 vs $176,600 in Mount Airy).

Population, income & housing

	Elkin	Mount Airy
Population	4,025	10,631
Median age	41.3 yrs	46.7 yrs
Median household income	$60,434	$39,873
Median home value	$187,200	$176,600
Median gross rent	$765	$699
Housing units	1,903	5,433
Homeownership rate	62.4%	56.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.0%	24.3%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elkin	Mount Airy
Population	4,097 → 4,025 (-1.8%)	10,193 → 10,631 (+4.3%)
Median household income	$51,286 → $60,434 (+17.8%)	$38,515 → $39,873 (+3.5%)
Median home value	$137,800 → $187,200 (+35.8%)	$153,700 → $176,600 (+14.9%)
Median gross rent	$549 → $765 (+39.3%)	$612 → $699 (+14.2%)

Elkin

Population

4,0974,025

Median household income

$51,286$60,434

Median home value

$137,800$187,200

Median gross rent

$549$765

Mount Airy

Population

10,19310,631

Median household income

$38,515$39,873

Median home value

$153,700$176,600

Median gross rent

$612$699

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elkin	Mount Airy
Under 5	4.1%	4.7%
5 to 17	19.8%	14.6%
18 to 24	10.1%	4.6%
25 to 34	9.9%	11.8%
35 to 44	11.2%	12.8%
45 to 54	9.4%	11.1%
55 to 64	13.8%	13.4%
65 to 74	12.4%	11.9%
75 and over	9.3%	15.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elkin	Mount Airy
White (non-Hispanic)	66.8%	83.3%
Black or African American	0.7%	8.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.3%
Asian	1.9%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	29.0%	4.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elkin	Mount Airy
No high school diploma	15.3%	16.1%
High school graduate	23.7%	24.1%
Some college or associate's	33.0%	35.5%
Bachelor's degree	22.5%	14.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	9.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elkin	Mount Airy
Drove alone	72.6%	79.9%
Carpooled	17.0%	13.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.1%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.8%
Worked from home	10.1%	3.5%
Other means	0.2%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elkin	Mount Airy
1-unit, detached	65.1%	60.0%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	4.0%
2 to 4 units	6.2%	17.1%
5 to 19 units	11.8%	10.0%
20 or more units	10.8%	7.3%
Mobile home & other	4.5%	1.7%

Poverty & households

	Elkin	Mount Airy
Poverty rate	23.0%	27.1%
Average household size	2.33	2.08
Mean commute (minutes)	25	19
Median year structure built	1967	1967