Mount Airy vs Toast

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

Mount Airy and Toast 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 1,066 in Toast). Mount Airy has the higher median household income ($39,873 vs $33,914 in Toast). Mount Airy has the higher median home value ($176,600 vs $93,900 in Toast).

Population, income & housing

	Mount Airy	Toast
Population	10,631	1,066
Median age	46.7 yrs	33.1 yrs
Median household income	$39,873	$33,914
Median home value	$176,600	$93,900
Median gross rent	$699	$857
Housing units	5,433	566
Homeownership rate	56.8%	74.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.3%	17.6%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mount Airy	Toast
Population	10,193 → 10,631 (+4.3%)	1,564 → 1,066 (-31.8%)
Median household income	$38,515 → $39,873 (+3.5%)	$32,011 → $33,914 (+5.9%)
Median home value	$153,700 → $176,600 (+14.9%)	$94,600 → $93,900 (-0.7%)
Median gross rent	$612 → $699 (+14.2%)	$648 → $857 (+32.3%)

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

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)

	Mount Airy	Toast
Under 5	4.7%	5.7%
5 to 17	14.6%	21.6%
18 to 24	4.6%	12.0%
25 to 34	11.8%	13.9%
35 to 44	12.8%	9.6%
45 to 54	11.1%	11.8%
55 to 64	13.4%	7.6%
65 to 74	11.9%	9.9%
75 and over	15.0%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mount Airy	Toast
White (non-Hispanic)	83.3%	66.5%
Black or African American	8.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.4%
Asian	2.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.0%	11.7%
Hispanic or Latino	4.0%	21.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mount Airy	Toast
No high school diploma	16.1%	10.8%
High school graduate	24.1%	17.5%
Some college or associate's	35.5%	54.1%
Bachelor's degree	14.8%	17.6%
Graduate or professional degree	9.4%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mount Airy	Toast
Drove alone	79.9%	79.8%
Carpooled	13.6%	5.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.5%	15.3%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mount Airy	Toast
1-unit, detached	60.0%	62.4%
1-unit, attached	4.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	17.1%	5.5%
5 to 19 units	10.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	7.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.7%	32.2%

Poverty & households

	Mount Airy	Toast
Poverty rate	27.1%	12.0%
Average household size	2.08	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	19	14
Median year structure built	1967	1965