Hodges vs Spruce Pine

A side-by-side comparison of Hodges and Spruce Pine: population, income, housing, and more.

Hodges and Spruce Pine are places in Alabama. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Hodges has the higher population (306 vs 197 in Spruce Pine). Spruce Pine has the higher median household income ($92,344 vs $66,875 in Hodges). Since 2019, Hodges's population has grown faster (+13.3% vs +10.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Hodges	Spruce Pine
Population	306	197
Median age	34.6 yrs	22.7 yrs
Median household income	$66,875	$92,344
Median home value	$95,000	—
Median gross rent	$550	—
Housing units	118	146
Homeownership rate	84.6%	64.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.7%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	7.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hodges	Spruce Pine
Population	270 → 306 (+13.3%)	178 → 197 (+10.7%)
Median household income	$43,125 → $66,875 (+55.1%)	$44,202 → $92,344 (+108.9%)
Median home value	$59,200 → $95,000 (+60.5%)	—
Median gross rent	$438 → $550 (+25.6%)	—

Hodges

Population

270306

Median household income

$43,125$66,875

Median home value

$59,200$95,000

Median gross rent

$438$550

Spruce Pine

Population

178197

Median household income

$44,202$92,344

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hodges	Spruce Pine
Under 5	0.7%	31.0%
5 to 17	34.3%	0.0%
18 to 24	6.9%	26.4%
25 to 34	8.8%	5.6%
35 to 44	17.6%	4.6%
45 to 54	7.8%	21.8%
55 to 64	9.2%	0.0%
65 to 74	11.1%	6.6%
75 and over	3.6%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hodges	Spruce Pine
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	64.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	35.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hodges	Spruce Pine
No high school diploma	11.8%	19.0%
High school graduate	53.4%	22.6%
Some college or associate's	28.1%	58.3%
Bachelor's degree	3.4%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.4%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hodges	Spruce Pine
Drove alone	85.0%	73.9%
Carpooled	3.9%	14.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.4%	11.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.7%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hodges	Spruce Pine
1-unit, detached	65.3%	74.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	31.4%	25.3%

Poverty & households

	Hodges	Spruce Pine
Poverty rate	12.1%	20.3%
Average household size	3.36	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	26	20
Median year structure built	1989	1983