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.
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.