Pilot Mountain vs White Plains

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

Pilot Mountain and White Plains 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 876 in White Plains). White Plains has the higher median household income ($52,813 vs $48,239 in Pilot Mountain). White Plains has the higher median home value ($233,900 vs $185,200 in Pilot Mountain).

Population, income & housing

	Pilot Mountain	White Plains
Population	1,584	876
Median age	40.7 yrs	54.3 yrs
Median household income	$48,239	$52,813
Median home value	$185,200	$233,900
Median gross rent	$895	$545
Housing units	755	492
Homeownership rate	53.8%	75.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.7%	24.0%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pilot Mountain	White Plains
Population	1,649 → 1,584 (-3.9%)	1,094 → 876 (-19.9%)
Median household income	$36,250 → $48,239 (+33.1%)	$43,984 → $52,813 (+20.1%)
Median home value	$141,500 → $185,200 (+30.9%)	$99,800 → $233,900 (+134.4%)
Median gross rent	$678 → $895 (+32.0%)	$503 → $545 (+8.3%)

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

White Plains

Population

1,094876

Median household income

$43,984$52,813

Median home value

$99,800$233,900

Median gross rent

$503$545

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pilot Mountain	White Plains
Under 5	3.7%	1.9%
5 to 17	16.4%	14.4%
18 to 24	11.7%	3.3%
25 to 34	11.0%	4.3%
35 to 44	10.8%	4.9%
45 to 54	14.9%	25.0%
55 to 64	15.3%	17.8%
65 to 74	9.5%	15.9%
75 and over	6.7%	12.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pilot Mountain	White Plains
White (non-Hispanic)	90.2%	100.0%
Black or African American	3.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pilot Mountain	White Plains
No high school diploma	6.8%	14.3%
High school graduate	30.9%	31.3%
Some college or associate's	40.6%	30.4%
Bachelor's degree	12.2%	11.6%
Graduate or professional degree	9.5%	12.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pilot Mountain	White Plains
Drove alone	82.8%	91.4%
Carpooled	10.4%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.9%	8.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pilot Mountain	White Plains
1-unit, detached	64.0%	66.7%
1-unit, attached	6.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.9%	8.7%
5 to 19 units	14.2%	3.7%
20 or more units	1.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.8%	20.9%

Poverty & households

	Pilot Mountain	White Plains
Poverty rate	15.4%	12.1%
Average household size	2.16	2.05
Mean commute (minutes)	26	39
Median year structure built	1965	1971