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.
Mount Gilead is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
The population of Mount Gilead 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 Gilead, 22.86% have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Mount Gilead in 2018 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.
