Mount Airy vs Pilot Mountain

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

Mount Airy 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.

Mount Airy has the higher population (10,631 vs 1,584 in Pilot Mountain). Pilot Mountain has the higher median household income ($48,239 vs $39,873 in Mount Airy). Pilot Mountain has the higher median home value ($185,200 vs $176,600 in Mount Airy).

Population, income & housing

	Mount Airy	Pilot Mountain
Population	10,631	1,584
Median age	46.7 yrs	40.7 yrs
Median household income	$39,873	$48,239
Median home value	$176,600	$185,200
Median gross rent	$699	$895
Housing units	5,433	755
Homeownership rate	56.8%	53.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.3%	21.7%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mount Airy	Pilot Mountain
Population	10,193 → 10,631 (+4.3%)	1,649 → 1,584 (-3.9%)
Median household income	$38,515 → $39,873 (+3.5%)	$36,250 → $48,239 (+33.1%)
Median home value	$153,700 → $176,600 (+14.9%)	$141,500 → $185,200 (+30.9%)
Median gross rent	$612 → $699 (+14.2%)	$678 → $895 (+32.0%)

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

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)

	Mount Airy	Pilot Mountain
Under 5	4.7%	3.7%
5 to 17	14.6%	16.4%
18 to 24	4.6%	11.7%
25 to 34	11.8%	11.0%
35 to 44	12.8%	10.8%
45 to 54	11.1%	14.9%
55 to 64	13.4%	15.3%
65 to 74	11.9%	9.5%
75 and over	15.0%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mount Airy	Pilot Mountain
White (non-Hispanic)	83.3%	90.2%
Black or African American	8.1%	3.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	2.2%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.8%
Two or more races	2.0%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	4.0%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mount Airy	Pilot Mountain
No high school diploma	16.1%	6.8%
High school graduate	24.1%	30.9%
Some college or associate's	35.5%	40.6%
Bachelor's degree	14.8%	12.2%
Graduate or professional degree	9.4%	9.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mount Airy	Pilot Mountain
Drove alone	79.9%	82.8%
Carpooled	13.6%	10.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.5%	4.9%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mount Airy	Pilot Mountain
1-unit, detached	60.0%	64.0%
1-unit, attached	4.0%	6.1%
2 to 4 units	17.1%	11.9%
5 to 19 units	10.0%	14.2%
20 or more units	7.3%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	1.7%	2.8%

Poverty & households

	Mount Airy	Pilot Mountain
Poverty rate	27.1%	15.4%
Average household size	2.08	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	19	26
Median year structure built	1967	1965