It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Mount Gilead has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Mount Gilead has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Mount Gilead than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Mount Gilead may be for you.
As is often the case in a small town, Mount Gilead doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The citizens of Mount Gilead are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 22.86% of adults in Mount Gilead having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Mount Gilead in 2022 was $24,413, which is lower middle income relative to North Carolina, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $97,652 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 Scots-Irish, French, English, Scottish, and Irish.
The most common language spoken in Mount Gilead is English. Other important languages spoken here include Chinese and Polish.
