Gold HillNC
Is Gold Hill a good place to live?
92% of households live in a home they own in Gold Hill, above both the North Carolina town median (67%) and the median of U.S. towns (73%). Daniel Isenhour House and Farm is on the National Register of Historic Places. Gold Hill has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
What makes Gold Hill stand out
Where Gold Hill beats most towns.
914 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
Moving to Gold Hill: who provides what
Gold Hill is unincorporated, so Rowan County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Gold Hill.
Most of Gold Hill’s workers commute out: the town has 0.1 jobs for each of them
For half of commuters, work is under 16 miles away. The top destinations are Salisbury (17%), Charlotte (10%) and Concord (7%). Gold Hill’s mean commuting time is 27 minutes.
| Gold Hill | North Carolina towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 27 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 12% | 13% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Expect mild winters and hot summers in Gold Hill
July afternoons reach 89°, January nights drop to 30° and snow is almost unheard of.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Natural hazards: low risk in Gold Hill, mostly inland flooding
Federal disaster aid has reached households in Gold Hill once, in 2024. On expected storm and flood damage, Gold Hill sits below 63% of U.S. communities. Expected losses in Gold Hill break down as 48% from inland flooding and 25% from cold waves.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
How healthy Gold Hill is
The share of adults in Gold Hill who have been diagnosed with depression: 27%. In Gold Hill, 30% of adults sleep under 7 hours, and 16% report frequent physical distress.
| Gold Hill | North Carolina towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 14% | 14% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 34% | 36% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 13% | 14% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 25% | 23% |
| What stands out | Gold Hill | NC |
|---|---|---|
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 25.4% | 13.9% |
| More adults with COPD | 9.7% | 7.1% |
| More smokers | 18.2% | 13.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Typical home value
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Bank of America Stadium and 23 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Gold Hill. Close and well known come first.
Big draw35 mi Stadium & arenaBank of America Stadium
33 mi LakeLake Norman39 mi MuseumSullenberger Aviation Museum70K visitors a year
33 mi Stadium & arenaBojangles Coliseum
34 mi Zoo & aquariumNorth Carolina Zoo700K visitors a year
40 mi MuseumOld SalemPhoto credits
Bank of America Stadium: HangingCurve, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Lake Norman: Prince Grobhelm, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Bojangles Coliseum: James Willamor, CC BY-SA 3.0 · North Carolina Zoo: Diane Villa, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Old Salem: David Bjorgen, CC BY-SA 3.0
Everything we know about Gold Hill
Colleges nearby
6 within 15 miles of the center of Gold Hill
About 0 of every 100 Gold Hill residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across North Carolina.
100% of working residents leave Gold Hill for work
Where Gold Hill’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Gold Hill
Census-designated place in North Carolina, United States
Gold Hill is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in southeastern Rowan County, North Carolina, United States near the Cabarrus County line. It was first listed as a CDP in the 2020 census with a population of 372. It is situated near the Yadkin River and is served by U.S. Highway 52 and Old Beatty Ford Road.
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- Area
- 2.5 sq mi
- Elevation
- 761 ft
- ZIP code
- 28071
Questions about Gold Hill
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Gold Hill, NC a good place to live?
Gold Hill has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
What is Gold Hill, NC known for?
2 notable people were born here, including Clyde Bernhardt and George Columbus Barnhardt.