Kings Mountain is a somewhat small city located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 9,457 people and three constituent neighborhoods, Kings Mountain is the 104th largest community in North Carolina.

Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Kings Mountain is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 44.0% of the Kings Mountain workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 24.7%. Overall, Kings Mountain is a city of production and manufacturing workers, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Kings Mountain who work in office and administrative support jobs (14.05%), sales jobs (8.18%), and business and financial occupations (5.41%).

Kings Mountain is a small city, and as is often the case with smaller towns, the population isn't large or dense enough to support much in the way of a public transportation system. In fact, there are many rural roads around Kings Mountain, which makes walking or biking to and from work a bit difficult. This makes for a very car-oriented town: 97.64% of residents commute to work by private automobile, and people often drive out of town for work, shopping, and other activities.

In Kings Mountain, a lot of people use taxis to get to work every day even though Kings Mountain is a relatively small city. Those that ride taxis are primarily traveling out of town to good jobs in other cities.

Kings Mountain Information and Demographics

The percentage of people in Kings Mountain with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 14.96%: just 11.83% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Kings Mountain in 2000 was $15,920, which is lower middle income relative to North Carolina and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $63,680 for a family of four.

Kings Mountain is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Kings Mountain home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Kings Mountain is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Kings Mountain include English, German, Irish, and Scotch-Irish.

The most common language spoken in Kings Mountain is English.