Mount Gilead is a very small town located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 1,178 people and three associated neighborhoods, Mount Gilead is the 386th largest community in North Carolina.Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Mount Gilead is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Mount Gilead is a town of service providers, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Mount Gilead who work in healthcare suport services (20.75%), food service (8.50%), and sales jobs (8.16%). And if you like science, one thing you'll find is that Mount Gilead has lots of scientists living in town - whether they be life scientists, physical scientists (like astronomers), or social scientists (like geographers!). So, if you're scientific-minded, you might like it here too. The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Mount Gilead has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Mount Gilead a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here. Being a small town, Mount Gilead does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The percentage of adults in Mount Gilead who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 20.64% of the adults in Mount Gilead have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Mount Gilead in 2022 was $26,654, which is lower middle income relative to North Carolina and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $106,616 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 Scottish, English, Scots-Irish, German, and Irish. The most common language spoken in Mount Gilead is English. Other important languages spoken here include Chinese and Spanish.
