Phil Campbell vs Spruce Pine

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

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

Phil Campbell has the higher population (834 vs 197 in Spruce Pine). Spruce Pine has the higher median household income ($92,344 vs $31,500 in Phil Campbell). Since 2019, Spruce Pine's population has grown faster (+10.7% vs -17.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Phil Campbell	Spruce Pine
Population	834	197
Median age	41.5 yrs	22.7 yrs
Median household income	$31,500	$92,344
Median home value	$99,200	—
Median gross rent	$642	—
Housing units	400	146
Homeownership rate	70.5%	64.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.4%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Phil Campbell	Spruce Pine
Population	1,009 → 834 (-17.3%)	178 → 197 (+10.7%)
Median household income	$27,670 → $31,500 (+13.8%)	$44,202 → $92,344 (+108.9%)
Median home value	$73,100 → $99,200 (+35.7%)	—
Median gross rent	$532 → $642 (+20.7%)	—

Phil Campbell

Population

1,009834

Median household income

$27,670$31,500

Median home value

$73,100$99,200

Median gross rent

$532$642

Spruce Pine

Population

178197

Median household income

$44,202$92,344

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Phil Campbell	Spruce Pine
Under 5	5.8%	31.0%
5 to 17	11.3%	0.0%
18 to 24	12.0%	26.4%
25 to 34	15.3%	5.6%
35 to 44	10.7%	4.6%
45 to 54	11.9%	21.8%
55 to 64	15.5%	0.0%
65 to 74	12.6%	6.6%
75 and over	5.0%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Phil Campbell	Spruce Pine
White (non-Hispanic)	72.4%	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	7.9%	35.5%
Hispanic or Latino	19.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Phil Campbell	Spruce Pine
No high school diploma	20.4%	19.0%
High school graduate	36.8%	22.6%
Some college or associate's	36.3%	58.3%
Bachelor's degree	3.5%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	2.9%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Phil Campbell	Spruce Pine
Drove alone	70.7%	73.9%
Carpooled	28.7%	14.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	11.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Phil Campbell	Spruce Pine
1-unit, detached	59.8%	74.7%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	13.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	6.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	16.3%	25.3%

Poverty & households

	Phil Campbell	Spruce Pine
Poverty rate	24.3%	20.3%
Average household size	2.51	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	20	20
Median year structure built	1986	1983