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Spruce Pine, NC

2,381 Population
4.1 square miles 587 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.1 ±6.6 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Mitchell County: 48 ±0.7
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$29,134 ±$5,494 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Mitchell County: $32,713 ±$2,821
  • about three-quarters of the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$47,583 ±$11,976 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Mitchell County: $58,089 ±$5,374
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

18.2% ±5.5% (418  ±144) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Mitchell County: 13% † 1,889 (±2.7% / ±391)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

18.4 minutes ±3.3 (18,015  ±5,843) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Mitchell County: 24.1 143,370 (±1.8 / ±14,461)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

1,013 ±153 Number of households
  • Mitchell County: 6,411 ±313
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
2.3 ±0.2 (2,296  ±389) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Mitchell County: 2.3 14,553 (±0.1 / ±59)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978

6.1% ±7% (31  ±37) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Mitchell County: 5.6% † 153 (±3.5% / ±96)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 127,227 (±0.1% / ±3,580)

Housing

1,153 ±165 Number of housing units
  • Mitchell County: 8,673 ±41
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$202,300 ±$47,575 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Mitchell County: $202,100 ±$14,298
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

15.7% ±6.6% (368  ±166.6) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Mitchell County: 8.9% † 1,317 (±2.2% / ±326.9)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

84.3% ±5.2% (1,453  ±216.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Mitchell County: 89.7% 10,025 (±6.4% / ±722.6)
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
20.1% ±5.9% (347  ±112.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Mitchell County: 23.1% † 2,581 (±3.2% / ±355.3)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 34.7% 2,521,353 (±0.2% / ±14,597.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

7.5% ±3.8% (178  ±96) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Mitchell County: 3.1% 463
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 8.7% 923,923

6.1% ±2.4% (119  ±50) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Mitchell County: 7.9% † 969 (±1.6% / ±191)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
119 Total veterans ±50 119 Male ±50 N/A Female ±14

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