Mount Holly is a medium-sized city located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 18,170 people and 12 associated neighborhoods, Mount Holly is the 59th largest community in North Carolina. There's nothing like the smell of a brand new house, and in Mount Holly, you'll find that a large proportion of houses were recently built. New growth in residential real estate is an indication that people are choosing to move to Mount Holly, and putting down their money on brand new construction. Mount Holly’s real estate is, on average, some of the newest in the nation. Mount Holly does seem to be experiencing an influx of affluent people, because the median household income is $73,923.00.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Mount Holly is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Mount Holly is a city of managers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Mount Holly who work in management occupations (15.80%), sales jobs (12.50%), and office and administrative support (9.60%). Also of interest is that Mount Holly has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 14.31% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. One downside of living in Mount Holly, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 30.64 minutes every day commuting to work. The education level of Mount Holly citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (21.84%): 37.47% of adults in Mount Holly have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree. The per capita income in Mount Holly in 2022 was $39,509, which is wealthy relative to North Carolina, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $158,036 for a family of four. However, Mount Holly contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Mount Holly is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Mount Holly home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Mount Holly residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Mount Holly include English, German, Irish, Scots-Irish, and Italian. The most common language spoken in Mount Holly is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
