Lowgap vs Pilot Mountain

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

Lowgap 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 226 in Lowgap). Lowgap has the higher median household income ($68,750 vs $48,239 in Pilot Mountain). Since 2019, Pilot Mountain's population has grown faster (-3.9% vs -46.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Lowgap	Pilot Mountain
Population	226	1,584
Median age	46.3 yrs	40.7 yrs
Median household income	$68,750	$48,239
Median home value	—	$185,200
Median gross rent	$706	$895
Housing units	156	755
Homeownership rate	48.5%	53.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	21.7%
Unemployment rate	19.8%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lowgap	Pilot Mountain
Population	425 → 226 (-46.8%)	1,649 → 1,584 (-3.9%)
Median household income	$77,083 → $68,750 (-10.8%)	$36,250 → $48,239 (+33.1%)
Median home value	—	$141,500 → $185,200 (+30.9%)
Median gross rent	$707 → $706 (-0.1%)	$678 → $895 (+32.0%)

Lowgap

Population

425226

Median household income

$77,083$68,750

Median gross rent

$707$706

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)

	Lowgap	Pilot Mountain
Under 5	4.9%	3.7%
5 to 17	18.6%	16.4%
18 to 24	8.8%	11.7%
25 to 34	15.0%	11.0%
35 to 44	0.0%	10.8%
45 to 54	14.2%	14.9%
55 to 64	23.9%	15.3%
65 to 74	2.7%	9.5%
75 and over	11.9%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lowgap	Pilot Mountain
White (non-Hispanic)	74.8%	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	0.0%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	25.2%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lowgap	Pilot Mountain
No high school diploma	17.6%	6.8%
High school graduate	37.9%	30.9%
Some college or associate's	44.4%	40.6%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	12.2%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	9.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lowgap	Pilot Mountain
Drove alone	59.3%	82.8%
Carpooled	40.7%	10.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	4.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lowgap	Pilot Mountain
1-unit, detached	83.3%	64.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	6.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	11.9%
5 to 19 units	12.8%	14.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	3.8%	2.8%

Poverty & households

	Lowgap	Pilot Mountain
Poverty rate	0.0%	15.4%
Average household size	3.32	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	51	26
Median year structure built	1947	1965