North Carolina · Census place 64260
Spruce Pine town, NC
Quick answer
Spruce Pine town has 2,381 residents, ranking #311 of 777 places in North Carolina. Median household income is $47,583, the median home is worth $202,300 and median gross rent runs $735 a month.
- Population
- 2,381Spruce Pine town residents
- Median household income
- $47,583Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $202,300Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $735Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 46.1 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 66.3%Owner-occupied households
What the numbers mean in Spruce Pine town
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
A household earning the Spruce Pine town median would spend about 18.5% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 4.3× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 18.2% of residents and 66.3% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
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