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Population (year 2000): 2,169
Males: 1,085 (50.0%), Females: 1,084 (50.0%)
Henderson County
Zip code:
28758
Median resident age: 43.4 years
Median household income: $41,042 (year 2000)
Median house value: $122,000 (year 2000)
Races in Mountain Home:
- White Non-Hispanic (93.0%)
- Hispanic (3.2%)
- Two or more races (1.5%)
- Black (1.2%)
- American Indian (0.8%)
Ancestries: German (18.7%), Irish (15.6%),
United States (14.8%), English (14.5%), French (5.6%),
Scotch-Irish (5.4%).
Elevation: 2200 feet
Land area: 2.7 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Mountain Home
- High school or higher: 83.3%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 21.6%
- Graduate or professional degree: 10.0%
- Unemployed: 2.7%
- Mean travel time to work: 21.5 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Mountain Home CDP
- Never married: 17.6%
- Now married: 58.7%
- Separated: 2.3%
- Widowed: 8.1%
- Divorced: 13.3%
3.9% Foreign born (3.1% Latin America, 0.4%
North America).
Hospitals/medical centers near Mountain Home:
- PARK RIDGE HOSPITAL (about 5 miles; FLETCHER, NC)
- MARGARET R PARDEE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 6 miles;
HENDERSONVILLE, NC)
- THOMS REHABILITATION HOSP (about 9 miles; ASHEVILLE,
NC)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Mountain Home:
- ASHEVILLE REGIONAL (about 5 miles; ASHEVILLE, NC;
ID: AVL)
- GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG INTL (about 39 miles; GREER,
SC; ID: GSP)
- DONALDSON CENTER (about 44 miles; GREENVILLE, SC;
ID: GYH)
Other public-use airports nearest to Mountain Home:
- HENDERSONVILLE (about 8 miles; HENDERSONVILLE, NC;
ID: 0A7)
- TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY (about 12 miles; BREVARD, NC;
ID: 22W)
- MEYERS (about 19 miles; CANDLER, NC; ID: N39)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Mountain Home:
- ASHEVILLE BUNCOMBE TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE
(about 16 miles; ASHEVILLE, NC; Full-time enrollment:
2,728)
- UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT ASHEVILLE (about 19
miles; ASHEVILLE, NC; FT enrollment: 2,759)
- FURMAN UNIVERSITY (about 31 miles; GREENVILLE, SC;
FT enrollment: 2,915)
- SPARTANBURG TECHNICAL COLLEGE (about 33 miles;
SPARTANBURG, SC; FT enrollment: 2,086)
- BOB JONES UNIVERSITY (about 36 miles; GREENVILLE,
SC; FT enrollment: 3,577)
- CLEMSON UNIVERSITY (about 39 miles; CLEMSON, SC; FT
enrollment: 15,962)
- GREENVILLE TECHNICAL COLLEGE (about 40 miles;
GREENVILLE, SC; FT enrollment: 6,157)
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