Residents will find that the town is relatively quiet. This is because it is not over-populated, and it has fewer college students, renters, and young children - all of whom can be noisy at times. So, if you're looking for a relatively peaceful place to live, Mount Gilead is worth considering.
Being a small town, Mount Gilead does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
In terms of college education, Mount Gilead is somewhat better educated than the 21.84% who have a 4-year degree or higher in the typical US community: 28.26% of adults 25 and older in the town have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Mount Gilead in 2022 was $29,338, which is middle income relative to North Carolina, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $117,352 for a family of four. However, Mount Gilead contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Mount Gilead is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Mount Gilead home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Mount Gilead residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Mount Gilead include German, English, Scottish, Scots-Irish, and Swedish.
In addition, Mount Gilead has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (20.89%).
The most common language spoken in Mount Gilead is English. Other important languages spoken here include Chinese and Laotian.
