Elkin vs Pilot Mountain

A side-by-side comparison of Elkin and Pilot Mountain: population, income, housing, and more.

Elkin and Pilot Mountain 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 1,584 in Pilot Mountain). Elkin has the higher median household income ($60,434 vs $48,239 in Pilot Mountain). Elkin has the higher median home value ($187,200 vs $185,200 in Pilot Mountain).

Population, income & housing

	Elkin	Pilot Mountain
Population	4,025	1,584
Median age	41.3 yrs	40.7 yrs
Median household income	$60,434	$48,239
Median home value	$187,200	$185,200
Median gross rent	$765	$895
Housing units	1,903	755
Homeownership rate	62.4%	53.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.0%	21.7%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elkin	Pilot Mountain
Population	4,097 → 4,025 (-1.8%)	1,649 → 1,584 (-3.9%)
Median household income	$51,286 → $60,434 (+17.8%)	$36,250 → $48,239 (+33.1%)
Median home value	$137,800 → $187,200 (+35.8%)	$141,500 → $185,200 (+30.9%)
Median gross rent	$549 → $765 (+39.3%)	$678 → $895 (+32.0%)

Elkin

Population

4,0974,025

Median household income

$51,286$60,434

Median home value

$137,800$187,200

Median gross rent

$549$765

Pilot Mountain

Population

1,6491,584

Median household income

$36,250$48,239

Median home value

$141,500$185,200

Median gross rent

$678$895

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elkin	Pilot Mountain
Under 5	4.1%	3.7%
5 to 17	19.8%	16.4%
18 to 24	10.1%	11.7%
25 to 34	9.9%	11.0%
35 to 44	11.2%	10.8%
45 to 54	9.4%	14.9%
55 to 64	13.8%	15.3%
65 to 74	12.4%	9.5%
75 and over	9.3%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elkin	Pilot Mountain
White (non-Hispanic)	66.8%	90.2%
Black or African American	0.7%	3.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.9%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.8%
Two or more races	1.4%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	29.0%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elkin	Pilot Mountain
No high school diploma	15.3%	6.8%
High school graduate	23.7%	30.9%
Some college or associate's	33.0%	40.6%
Bachelor's degree	22.5%	12.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	9.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elkin	Pilot Mountain
Drove alone	72.6%	82.8%
Carpooled	17.0%	10.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.1%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.1%	4.9%
Other means	0.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elkin	Pilot Mountain
1-unit, detached	65.1%	64.0%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	6.1%
2 to 4 units	6.2%	11.9%
5 to 19 units	11.8%	14.2%
20 or more units	10.8%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	4.5%	2.8%

Poverty & households

	Elkin	Pilot Mountain
Poverty rate	23.0%	15.4%
Average household size	2.33	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	25	26
Median year structure built	1967	1965