Flat Rock vs Toast

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

Flat Rock and Toast 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 1,066 in Toast). Flat Rock has the higher median household income ($52,188 vs $33,914 in Toast). Flat Rock has the higher median home value ($111,700 vs $93,900 in Toast).

Population, income & housing

	Flat Rock	Toast
Population	1,141	1,066
Median age	31.9 yrs	33.1 yrs
Median household income	$52,188	$33,914
Median home value	$111,700	$93,900
Median gross rent	$650	$857
Housing units	537	566
Homeownership rate	72.8%	74.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.6%	17.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Flat Rock	Toast
Population	1,072 → 1,141 (+6.4%)	1,564 → 1,066 (-31.8%)
Median household income	$30,833 → $52,188 (+69.3%)	$32,011 → $33,914 (+5.9%)
Median home value	$84,500 → $111,700 (+32.2%)	$94,600 → $93,900 (-0.7%)
Median gross rent	$589 → $650 (+10.4%)	$648 → $857 (+32.3%)

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

Toast

Population

1,5641,066

Median household income

$32,011$33,914

Median home value

$94,600$93,900

Median gross rent

$648$857

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Flat Rock	Toast
Under 5	12.7%	5.7%
5 to 17	9.8%	21.6%
18 to 24	4.8%	12.0%
25 to 34	23.9%	13.9%
35 to 44	9.1%	9.6%
45 to 54	13.6%	11.8%
55 to 64	13.0%	7.6%
65 to 74	4.6%	9.9%
75 and over	8.5%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Flat Rock	Toast
White (non-Hispanic)	92.7%	66.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
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%	11.7%
Hispanic or Latino	6.5%	21.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Flat Rock	Toast
No high school diploma	18.8%	10.8%
High school graduate	31.2%	17.5%
Some college or associate's	33.3%	54.1%
Bachelor's degree	15.8%	17.6%
Graduate or professional degree	0.8%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Flat Rock	Toast
Drove alone	93.6%	79.8%
Carpooled	0.0%	5.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.4%	15.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Flat Rock	Toast
1-unit, detached	63.7%	62.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.5%
5 to 19 units	1.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	34.5%	32.2%

Poverty & households

	Flat Rock	Toast
Poverty rate	19.2%	12.0%
Average household size	2.43	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	15	14
Median year structure built	1971	1965