East Flat Rock is an unincorporated area and census-designated place (CDP) in Henderson County, North Carolina, United States. As of the 2020 census, East Flat Rock had a population of 5,757. It is part of the Asheville Metropolitan Statistical Area.
History
East Flat Rock was an incorporated town from 1926 to 1948, after towns the charter was repealed by local government and later by the North Carolina General Assembly in 1949.
Geography
East Flat Rock is located in southeastern Henderson County and is bordered to the west by the village of Flat Rock and to the northwest by unincorporated Barker Heights.
U.S. Route 176 (Spartanburg Highway) is the main road through East Flat Rock, leading northwest to Hendersonville, the county seat, and southeast to Saluda. Interstate 26 runs along the eastern edge of the community, with access from Exit 53 (Upward Road). I-26 leads north to Asheville and southeast to Spartanburg, South Carolina.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the East Flat Rock CDP has a total area of , of which , or 0.27%, are water.
Demographics
2020 census
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right"
|+East Flat Rock racial composition
!scope="col"| Race
!scope="col"| Number
!scope="col"| Percentage
|-
!scope="row"| White (non-Hispanic)
| 3,304
| 57.39%
|-
!scope="row"| Black or African American (non-Hispanic)
| 199
| 3.46%
|-
!scope="row"| Native American
| 18
| 0.31%
|-
!scope="row"| Asian
| 55
| 0.96%
|-
!scope="row"| Pacific Islander
| 43
| 0.75%
|-
!scope="row"| Other/Mixed
| 203
| 3.53%
|-
!scope="row"| Hispanic or Latino
| 1,935
| 33.61%
|}
As of the 2020 census, East Flat Rock had 5,757 people, 2,138 households, and 1,322 families.
The median age was 38.1 years. 22.5% of residents were under the age of 18 and 16.1% were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females, there were 98.5 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.4 males age 18 and over.
Of the 2,138 households, 32.3% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 42.9% were married-couple households, 19.1% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 30.4% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 28.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 14.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.