Flat Rock vs Mount Airy

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

Flat Rock 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 1,141 in Flat Rock). Flat Rock has the higher median household income ($52,188 vs $39,873 in Mount Airy). Mount Airy has the higher median home value ($176,600 vs $111,700 in Flat Rock).

Population, income & housing

	Flat Rock	Mount Airy
Population	1,141	10,631
Median age	31.9 yrs	46.7 yrs
Median household income	$52,188	$39,873
Median home value	$111,700	$176,600
Median gross rent	$650	$699
Housing units	537	5,433
Homeownership rate	72.8%	56.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.6%	24.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Flat Rock	Mount Airy
Population	1,072 → 1,141 (+6.4%)	10,193 → 10,631 (+4.3%)
Median household income	$30,833 → $52,188 (+69.3%)	$38,515 → $39,873 (+3.5%)
Median home value	$84,500 → $111,700 (+32.2%)	$153,700 → $176,600 (+14.9%)
Median gross rent	$589 → $650 (+10.4%)	$612 → $699 (+14.2%)

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

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)

	Flat Rock	Mount Airy
Under 5	12.7%	4.7%
5 to 17	9.8%	14.6%
18 to 24	4.8%	4.6%
25 to 34	23.9%	11.8%
35 to 44	9.1%	12.8%
45 to 54	13.6%	11.1%
55 to 64	13.0%	13.4%
65 to 74	4.6%	11.9%
75 and over	8.5%	15.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Flat Rock	Mount Airy
White (non-Hispanic)	92.7%	83.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	8.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.8%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	6.5%	4.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Flat Rock	Mount Airy
No high school diploma	18.8%	16.1%
High school graduate	31.2%	24.1%
Some college or associate's	33.3%	35.5%
Bachelor's degree	15.8%	14.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.8%	9.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Flat Rock	Mount Airy
Drove alone	93.6%	79.9%
Carpooled	0.0%	13.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.8%
Worked from home	6.4%	3.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Flat Rock	Mount Airy
1-unit, detached	63.7%	60.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	17.1%
5 to 19 units	1.9%	10.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	7.3%
Mobile home & other	34.5%	1.7%

Poverty & households

	Flat Rock	Mount Airy
Poverty rate	19.2%	27.1%
Average household size	2.43	2.08
Mean commute (minutes)	15	19
Median year structure built	1971	1967