Pilot Mountain vs Toast

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

Pilot Mountain and Toast 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 1,066 in Toast). Pilot Mountain has the higher median household income ($48,239 vs $33,914 in Toast). Pilot Mountain has the higher median home value ($185,200 vs $93,900 in Toast).

Population, income & housing

	Pilot Mountain	Toast
Population	1,584	1,066
Median age	40.7 yrs	33.1 yrs
Median household income	$48,239	$33,914
Median home value	$185,200	$93,900
Median gross rent	$895	$857
Housing units	755	566
Homeownership rate	53.8%	74.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.7%	17.6%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pilot Mountain	Toast
Population	1,649 → 1,584 (-3.9%)	1,564 → 1,066 (-31.8%)
Median household income	$36,250 → $48,239 (+33.1%)	$32,011 → $33,914 (+5.9%)
Median home value	$141,500 → $185,200 (+30.9%)	$94,600 → $93,900 (-0.7%)
Median gross rent	$678 → $895 (+32.0%)	$648 → $857 (+32.3%)

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

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)

	Pilot Mountain	Toast
Under 5	3.7%	5.7%
5 to 17	16.4%	21.6%
18 to 24	11.7%	12.0%
25 to 34	11.0%	13.9%
35 to 44	10.8%	9.6%
45 to 54	14.9%	11.8%
55 to 64	15.3%	7.6%
65 to 74	9.5%	9.9%
75 and over	6.7%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pilot Mountain	Toast
White (non-Hispanic)	90.2%	66.5%
Black or African American	3.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	1.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.2%	11.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	21.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pilot Mountain	Toast
No high school diploma	6.8%	10.8%
High school graduate	30.9%	17.5%
Some college or associate's	40.6%	54.1%
Bachelor's degree	12.2%	17.6%
Graduate or professional degree	9.5%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pilot Mountain	Toast
Drove alone	82.8%	79.8%
Carpooled	10.4%	5.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.9%	15.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pilot Mountain	Toast
1-unit, detached	64.0%	62.4%
1-unit, attached	6.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.9%	5.5%
5 to 19 units	14.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.8%	32.2%

Poverty & households

	Pilot Mountain	Toast
Poverty rate	15.4%	12.0%
Average household size	2.16	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	26	14
Median year structure built	1965	1965