Mount Airy is a medium-sized city located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 10,583 people and 12 associated neighborhoods, Mount Airy is the 91st largest community in North Carolina.Mount Airy is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Mount Airy is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Mount Airy who work in office and administrative support (15.07%), sales jobs (13.18%), and healthcare (7.56%). Also of interest is that Mount Airy has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. Residents of the city have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 18.72 minutes getting to work every day. As is often the case in a small city, Mount Airy doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.The population of Mount Airy overall has a level of education that is slightly above the US average for all US cities and towns of 21.84%. Of adults 25 and older in Mount Airy, 23.06% have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Mount Airy in 2022 was $32,776, which is middle income relative to North Carolina and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $131,104 for a family of four. However, Mount Airy contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Mount Airy is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Mount Airy home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Mount Airy residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Mount Airy also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 10.03% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Mount Airy include English, German, Irish, Scottish, and Turkish. The most common language spoken in Mount Airy is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
