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Mount Airy city, North Carolina: commercial real estate data.
Mount Airy city is a Census city of 10,633 people across 11.71 square miles of land, in Surry County. Median household income is $40,275, 55.4 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 57 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $27.9 m.
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Mount Airy
What Mount Airy is
- Census place typecity
- Land area11.71 sq mi
- Water area0.15 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land908
- County holding the largest share of its areaSurry County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How many people live in Mount Airy
- Population10,633
- Median age46.0
- Population under 182,254
- Share under 1821.2 percent
- Population 65 and over2,720
- Share 65 and over25.6 percent
- Households4,865
- Family households2,478
- Share of households that are families50.9 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Income and work in Mount Airy
- Median household income$40,275
- Per capita income$32,776
- Civilian labor force4,362
- Employed4,181
- Unemployed181 plus or minus 109
- Unemployment rate4.1 percent plus or minus 2.5
- Adults 25 and over7,827
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher85.4 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher23.1 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree8.1 percent plus or minus 2.0
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Mount Airy
- Housing units5,292
- Occupied units4,865
- Vacant units427 plus or minus 151
- Vacancy rate8.1 percent plus or minus 2.8
- Owner occupied2,697
- Renter occupied2,168
- Ownership rate55.4 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$181,900
- Median gross rent, monthly$725
- Annual rent as a share of median income21.6 percent
- Single family units3,316
- Share single family62.7 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more1,882 plus or minus 380
- Share in buildings of two or more35.6 percent
- Mobile homes94 plus or minus 59
- Median year structure built1967
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Mount Airy gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute3,898
- Commuting under 15 minutes2,144
- Share commuting under 15 minutes55.0 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more682 plus or minus 167
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more17.5 percent plus or minus 3.9
- Drove alone79.8 percent
- Carpooled12.8 percent plus or minus 4.6
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked0.6 percent plus or minus 0.8
- Worked from home5.1 percent plus or minus 2.1
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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SBA loans in Mount Airy (7(a))
- Approvals57
- Gross approval$27,851,800
- Average approval$488,628
- Median approval$150,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,200,000
- Largest approval$4,000,000
- Jobs supported352
- Jobs per approval6.2
- Loans with a final outcome17
- Paid in full15
- Charged off2
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans11.8 percent
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more17.5 percent
- Share to franchises10.5 percent
- Distinct lenders11
- Distinct industries by NAICS39
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
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SBA loans in Mount Airy (504)
- Approvals2
- Gross approval$1,092,000
- Average approval$546,000
- Median approval$710,000
- Largest approval$710,000
- Jobs supported85
- Loans with a final outcome2
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs1
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
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Flood risk in Mount Airy
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- NFIP community number370226
- Currently effective map date11/18/16
This community carries no Community Rating System class, so no CRS premium discount applies to it.
FEMA, National Flood Insurance Program Community Status Book, Community Status Book, as retrieved.
Surry County, not Mount Airy
Surry County context, not Mount Airy figures
These are Surry County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Mount Airy measurements.
- Establishments in Surry County1,661
- Employment at those establishments, Surry County32,143
- Covered employment, Surry County29,147
- Average annual pay, Surry County$49,330
- Average weekly wage, Surry County$949
- Housing units permitted, Surry County243
- Of those, single family, Surry County241
- County product, 2024, Surry County$3,540,033,000
- County product change over the prior year, Surry County4.0 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Surry County$57,041
Every figure in this section is published for Surry County as a whole and is not a measurement of Mount Airy. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Mount Airy questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Mount Airy, North Carolina?
10,633, in 4,865 households. Mount Airy city covers 11.71 square miles of land, which is 908 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Mount Airy in?
Surry County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Mount Airy?
$40,275. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $181,900. Median gross rent is $725 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Mount Airy businesses?
57 7(a) approvals totalling $27.9 m, across 11 lenders, median approval $150,000, plus 2 504 approvals worth $1.1 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Mount Airy, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Mount Airy borrowers get paid back?
Of the 17 loans that have reached a final outcome, 15 were paid in full and 2 charged off, a charge off rate of 11.8 percent. Loans still running are excluded because they have not yet succeeded or failed.
Is Mount Airy in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Mount Airy appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 370226, with no Community Rating System class, so no CRS discount applies. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
Are the county figures on this page Mount Airy figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Surry County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Mount Airy.
Is zoning published for Mount Airy?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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