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Mount Holly
North Carolinacity
Total population
18,208
Median home value
$337,800
Bachelor's+
Median income
$79,385
Demographic figures from US Census Bureau · ACS 5-year estimates. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
- Air Quality Alert · UnknownAir Quality Alert issued September 17 at 1:41AM EDT by NWS Greenville-Spartanburg SC
Source: NOAA National Weather Service.
City facts
Overview
Set in North Carolina, United States, Mount Holly is recorded in open geodata as a city. Around 18,208 people are recorded as living there in the most recent open data. Its coordinates of 35.314°, -81.007° place it in the warm-temperate zone of the northern hemisphere. Open solar datasets indicate about 1,621 kWh/m² of solar irradiance per year, combined with sunshine for roughly 63% of daylight hours. Its latitude implies a climate characterised by warm summers and cool winters. That works out to roughly 624 residents per square kilometre — a moderate population density. The administrative footprint covers about 29.2 km². The sections below expand on demographics, weather, terrain, hazards and nearby points of interest using publicly available datasets.
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History & geography
Demographics & economy
Race & ethnicity
Source: US Census Bureau — American Community Survey, 5-year estimates.
Geography
Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.
Climate
Current forecast
Forecast for Mount Holly, NC from NOAA NWS API.
Air quality
Industrial & pollution facilities
Natural hazard risk
Health (adults)
Age-adjusted prevalence estimates from CDC PLACES (latest release).
Walkability
Amenities nearby
Wildlife & biodiversity
Schools
Largest nearby schools
- Mountain Island Charter SchoolOther · Mt. Holly · 1,703 students · 17:1 ratio
- Ashbrook HighHigh · Gastonia · 1,303 students · 23.3:1 ratio
- North Gaston HighHigh · Dallas · 1,134 students · 21:1 ratio
- Stuart W Cramer HighHigh · Belmont · 964 students · 18.9:1 ratio
- South Point HighHigh · Belmont · 955 students · 18.4:1 ratio
- Cramerton MiddleMiddle · Cramerton · 909 students · 19.3:1 ratio
- East Gaston HighHigh · Mount Holly · 883 students · 18.4:1 ratio
- Holbrook MiddleMiddle · Lowell · 777 students · 18.5:1 ratio
Public K–12 schools within ~10 mi from Urban Institute Education Data Portal (NCES Common Core of Data, 2022).
Earthquake history
Photos
Sights & places nearby
Notable people from here
People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.
Nearby places in North Carolina
Geography & sun
Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.
Nearby airports
Public attention
Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.
Books about Mount Holly
Search results from Open Library.
Recent natural events nearby
- Wildfire Main Trail, Chatham, GeorgiaWildfires · 2026-08-14 · 238 mi
Wildfires, storms and other events from NASA EONET (last 12 months, within 250 mi).
Ground air-quality sensors
Recently spotted species
Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).
Nearest stream gauge
Live readings from USGS NWIS · measured 2026-09-17 09:00 UTC.
Events
Gallery
Sources
- • US Census Bureau (ACS 5-year estimates)
- • NOAA National Weather Service
- • Wikidata
- • USGS NWIS (water data)
- • NCES via Urban Institute Education Data Portal
- • iNaturalist
- • CDC PLACES
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
- • Wikipedia Pageviews API
- • Open Library
- • NASA EONET