COMPARING TWO PLACES
Black Mountain vs Fletcher
PLACE A
Black Mountain, North Carolina
VS
PLACE B
Fletcher, North Carolina
Black Mountain and Fletcher are close in size. their median incomes are within a few thousand dollars.
BLACK MOUNTAINFLETCHERDIFFERENCE
Total population8,4918,373+1% vs Fletcher
Population density1,2651,322−57
Population growth7.4%11.1%−3.8 pts
Median age58.441.7+16.7
Male45.4%49.5%−4.1 pts
Female54.6%50.5%+4.1 pts
Foreign-born2.5%10.2%−7.8 pts
White, non-Hispanic89.2%80.6%+8.6 pts
Black4.2%2.5%+1.7 pts
Hispanic / Latino1.5%8.5%−6.9 pts
Asian0.4%3.9%−3.4 pts
Other4.6%4.5%+0.1 pts
Median household income$77,042$75,272+$1,770
Per capita income$52,875$37,486+$15,389
Poverty rate5.9%7.6%−1.6 pts
Income inequality (Gini)0.4870.362+0.1
Bachelor's degree or higher56.3%39.8%+16.5 pts
Graduate degree21.8%10.1%+11.7 pts
Unemployment rate3.9%3.0%+0.9 pts
Labor force participation48.8%63.6%−14.8 pts
Median home value$358,900$331,100+$27,800
Median gross rent$1,652$1,484+$168
Owner-occupied66.9%85.3%−18.5 pts
Housing vacancy rate26.3%7.1%+19.2 pts
Rent-burdened households58.9%43.5%+15.4 pts
Average commute21.423.7−2.3
Worked from home19.7%11.1%+8.7 pts
Public transit to work0.0%0.0%Even
Uninsured5.9%10.9%−5.0 pts
Population, 1990 – 2025