MICROPOLITAN AREA · 1990 CENSUS

Mount Airy Micro

Mount Airy, NC · 1 counties · 61,704 residents · 533 sq mi

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Mount Airy is home to 61,704 people. Owners hold 77% of the housing stock. 9% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. Median home value sits at $48,800. At a median age of 36.5, this is an older place than the country as a whole. Median rent is $292 a month.

At a glance

Lower income

below the US median

US median: $30,130

Older

median age 36.5

US median: 33.0

Less educated

9% hold a bachelor's degree

US average: 20%

More affordable

home values down 18%, inflation adjusted

US median home: $93,722

Section 01

Population & growth

Total population

61,704

−13%vs 2000

vs 71,219 in 2000

1990 – 2025

Population density

116 / sq mi

−13%vs 2000

vs 134 / sq mi in 2000

Median age

36.5

−4%vs 2000

vs 38.0 in 2000

US average: 33.0

Land area

533 sq mi

Population, 1990 – 2024

202471K

Age distribution, 1990

Under 56%(3,702)

US avg: 7.3%

5 to 96.3%(3,874)

US avg: 7.3%

10 to 146.3%(3,900)

US avg: 6.9%

15 to 197.1%(4,409)

US avg: 7.1%

20 to 247%(4,317)

US avg: 7.5%

25 to 3415.2%(9,383)

US avg: 17.5%

35 to 4414.3%(8,846)

US avg: 15.1%

45 to 5412.6%(7,765)

US avg: 10.2%

55 to 6410.3%(6,371)

US avg: 8.5%

65 to 748.5%(5,267)

US avg: 7.3%

75 to 844.6%(2,826)

US avg: 4%

85 and over1.7%(1,044)

US avg: 1.2%

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Section 02

Income & economy

Median household income

$23,444

−7%inflation adjusted, since 2000

vs $33,046 in 2000

US average: $30,130

1990 – 2024

Per capita income

$11,342

−36%vs 2000

vs $17,722 in 2000

US average: $14,340

Poverty rate

11.4%

−1.0 ptsvs 2000

vs 12.4% in 2000

US average: 13.2%

Section 03

Housing

Median home value

$48,800

−18%inflation adjusted, since 2000

vs $78,800 in 2000

US average: $93,722

1990 – 2024

Median gross rent

$292

−6%inflation adjusted, since 2000

vs $411 in 2000

US average: $450

Owner-occupied

76.6%

+0.3 ptsvs 2000

vs 76.3% in 2000

23.4% rent

Section 04

Race & ethnicity

2000

White, non-Hispanic88%(62,668)

Black4.1%(2,911)

Hispanic / Latino6.5%(4,620)

Asian0.6%(399)

Other0%

1990

White, non-Hispanic94.3%(58,212)

Black4.8%(2,961)

Hispanic / Latino0.9%(533)

Asian0%(30)

Other0.8%(501)

No data for the years selected.

Section 04 · Origins

Detailed origins & ancestry

Detailed origin tables are available for 2024; showing 2024 data.

Hispanic origin

Mexican9.4%(6,686)

Puerto Rican1.2%(850)

Central American1.1%(789)

Honduran0.6%(459)

Salvadoran0.3%(242)

Spaniard0.2%(162)

Cuban0.2%(111)

Guatemalan0.1%(77)

South American0.1%(56)

Colombian0.1%(56)

Dominican0.1%(54)

Costa Rican0%(11)

Asian origin

Vietnamese0.2%(173)

Chinese0.1%(55)

Korean0.1%(53)

Asian Indian0.1%(50)

Filipino0.1%(47)

Japanese0%(21)

Laotian0%(15)

Cambodian0%(1)

Pacific Islander origin

Samoan0%(34)

Native Hawaiian0%(9)

Chamorro0%(4)

Guamanian0%(4)

Ancestry

English16.5%(11,813)

American12.3%(8,783)

Irish7.8%(5,567)

German7.2%(5,171)

Scottish1.7%(1,247)

Italian1.6%(1,139)

Scotch-Irish1.5%(1,083)

French1.1%(776)

Polish0.8%(582)

Welsh0.5%(377)

Norwegian0.4%(266)

Dutch0.4%(262)

+ 27 more ancestry groups with data

Swedish0.3%(232)

Turkish0.2%(161)

Subsaharan African0.2%(159)

British0.2%(137)

Russian0.2%(129)

Czech0.2%(120)

Hungarian0.2%(114)

Swiss0.1%(104)

French Canadian0.1%(98)

Ukrainian0.1%(76)

Austrian0.1%(64)

Portuguese0.1%(54)

Nigerian0.1%(52)

Greek0.1%(44)

Danish0.1%(38)

Armenian0%(34)

Lithuanian0%(32)

West Indian0%(27)

Slovak0%(25)

Canadian0%(22)

Ethiopian0%(18)

Bulgarian0%(15)

Jamaican0%(14)

Slovene0%(13)

Arab0%(12)

Serbian0%(11)

Syrian0%(5)

RANKED:Largest English population · Largest American population · Largest Mexican population · Largest Irish population · Largest German population

Section 05

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher

9.4%

−2.7 ptsvs 2000

vs 12.0% in 2000

US average: 20.3%

High school or higher

57.3%

−9.7 ptsvs 2000

vs 67.0% in 2000

US average: 75.2%

Graduate degree

2.9%

−0.4 ptsvs 2000

vs 3.3% in 2000

US average: 7.1%

Section 06

Commute & transportation

Average commute

20.0 min

+16%vs 2000

vs 17.2 min in 2000

US average: 21.9

Section 07

Work & employment

No data for the years selected.

Section 08

People & community

No data for the years selected.

Marital status (2024)

Men 15+

Never married29%(8,344)

Married56.9%(16,382)

Widowed4.1%(1,169)

Divorced10.1%(2,901)

Women 15+

Never married21.9%(6,664)

Married51.7%(15,704)

Widowed13.1%(3,977)

Divorced13.3%(4,057)

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Section 09

Health coverage

Showing 2024 (the nearest year with coverage data).

Uninsured

10.8%

−7.1 ptssince 2013

from 17.9% in 2013

US average: 8.4%

Employer-based

46.6%

−0.8 ptssince 2020

from 47.4% in 2020

US average: 54.8%

Direct-purchase

17.6%

+1.2 ptssince 2020

from 16.4% in 2020

US average: 13.8%

Medicare

23.7%

−0.4 ptssince 2020

from 24.1% in 2020

US average: 18.4%

Medicaid

22.6%

+2.4 ptssince 2020

from 20.2% in 2020

US average: 20.9%

VA health care

2.7%

+0.4 ptssince 2020

from 2.3% in 2020

US average: 2.2%

Any private

62.4%

−0.1 ptssince 2020

from 62.5% in 2020

US average: 67.1%

Any public

42.4%

+1.9 ptssince 2020

from 40.5% in 2020

US average: 36.7%

Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.

Section 09 · Service history

Veterans

Veterans by period of service, 2024

Gulf War (2001 or later)17.5%(620)

US avg: 26.4%

Gulf War (1990s)15.8%(561)

US avg: 24.3%

Vietnam era42.9%(1,524)

US avg: 33.1%

Korean War5.2%(186)

US avg: 4.5%

World War II0%(0)

US avg: 1%

Share of the 3,550 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.

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