Flat Rock vs Pilot Mountain

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

Flat Rock 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.

Pilot Mountain has the higher population (1,584 vs 1,141 in Flat Rock). Flat Rock has the higher median household income ($52,188 vs $48,239 in Pilot Mountain). Pilot Mountain has the higher median home value ($185,200 vs $111,700 in Flat Rock).

Population, income & housing

	Flat Rock	Pilot Mountain
Population	1,141	1,584
Median age	31.9 yrs	40.7 yrs
Median household income	$52,188	$48,239
Median home value	$111,700	$185,200
Median gross rent	$650	$895
Housing units	537	755
Homeownership rate	72.8%	53.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.6%	21.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Flat Rock	Pilot Mountain
Population	1,072 → 1,141 (+6.4%)	1,649 → 1,584 (-3.9%)
Median household income	$30,833 → $52,188 (+69.3%)	$36,250 → $48,239 (+33.1%)
Median home value	$84,500 → $111,700 (+32.2%)	$141,500 → $185,200 (+30.9%)
Median gross rent	$589 → $650 (+10.4%)	$678 → $895 (+32.0%)

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

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)

	Flat Rock	Pilot Mountain
Under 5	12.7%	3.7%
5 to 17	9.8%	16.4%
18 to 24	4.8%	11.7%
25 to 34	23.9%	11.0%
35 to 44	9.1%	10.8%
45 to 54	13.6%	14.9%
55 to 64	13.0%	15.3%
65 to 74	4.6%	9.5%
75 and over	8.5%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Flat Rock	Pilot Mountain
White (non-Hispanic)	92.7%	90.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.8%
Two or more races	0.8%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	6.5%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Flat Rock	Pilot Mountain
No high school diploma	18.8%	6.8%
High school graduate	31.2%	30.9%
Some college or associate's	33.3%	40.6%
Bachelor's degree	15.8%	12.2%
Graduate or professional degree	0.8%	9.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Flat Rock	Pilot Mountain
Drove alone	93.6%	82.8%
Carpooled	0.0%	10.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.4%	4.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Flat Rock	Pilot Mountain
1-unit, detached	63.7%	64.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	6.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	11.9%
5 to 19 units	1.9%	14.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	34.5%	2.8%

Poverty & households

	Flat Rock	Pilot Mountain
Poverty rate	19.2%	15.4%
Average household size	2.43	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	15	26
Median year structure built	1971	1965