Flat Rock vs Lowgap

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

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

Flat Rock has the higher population (1,141 vs 226 in Lowgap). Lowgap has the higher median household income ($68,750 vs $52,188 in Flat Rock). Since 2019, Flat Rock's population has grown faster (+6.4% vs -46.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Flat Rock	Lowgap
Population	1,141	226
Median age	31.9 yrs	46.3 yrs
Median household income	$52,188	$68,750
Median home value	$111,700	—
Median gross rent	$650	$706
Housing units	537	156
Homeownership rate	72.8%	48.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.6%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	19.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Flat Rock	Lowgap
Population	1,072 → 1,141 (+6.4%)	425 → 226 (-46.8%)
Median household income	$30,833 → $52,188 (+69.3%)	$77,083 → $68,750 (-10.8%)
Median home value	$84,500 → $111,700 (+32.2%)	—
Median gross rent	$589 → $650 (+10.4%)	$707 → $706 (-0.1%)

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

Lowgap

Population

425226

Median household income

$77,083$68,750

Median gross rent

$707$706

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Flat Rock	Lowgap
Under 5	12.7%	4.9%
5 to 17	9.8%	18.6%
18 to 24	4.8%	8.8%
25 to 34	23.9%	15.0%
35 to 44	9.1%	0.0%
45 to 54	13.6%	14.2%
55 to 64	13.0%	23.9%
65 to 74	4.6%	2.7%
75 and over	8.5%	11.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Flat Rock	Lowgap
White (non-Hispanic)	92.7%	74.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
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	0.8%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	6.5%	25.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Flat Rock	Lowgap
No high school diploma	18.8%	17.6%
High school graduate	31.2%	37.9%
Some college or associate's	33.3%	44.4%
Bachelor's degree	15.8%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.8%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Flat Rock	Lowgap
Drove alone	93.6%	59.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	40.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.4%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Flat Rock	Lowgap
1-unit, detached	63.7%	83.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.9%	12.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	34.5%	3.8%

Poverty & households

	Flat Rock	Lowgap
Poverty rate	19.2%	0.0%
Average household size	2.43	3.32
Mean commute (minutes)	15	51
Median year structure built	1971	1947