Being a small town, Pilot Mountain does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The citizens of Pilot Mountain are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 21.74% of adults in Pilot Mountain having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Pilot Mountain in 2022 was $33,276, which is upper middle income relative to North Carolina, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $133,104 for a family of four. However, Pilot Mountain contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Pilot Mountain home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Pilot Mountain residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Pilot Mountain include English, German, Irish, Scots-Irish, and Italian.
The most common language spoken in Pilot Mountain is English. Other important languages spoken here include Slavic languages and Spanish.
