Red Bay vs Spruce Pine

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

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

Red Bay has the higher population (3,213 vs 197 in Spruce Pine). Spruce Pine has the higher median household income ($92,344 vs $35,587 in Red Bay). Since 2019, Spruce Pine's population has grown faster (+10.7% vs +3.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Red Bay	Spruce Pine
Population	3,213	197
Median age	48.5 yrs	22.7 yrs
Median household income	$35,587	$92,344
Median home value	$105,500	—
Median gross rent	$565	—
Housing units	1,811	146
Homeownership rate	62.1%	64.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.1%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Red Bay	Spruce Pine
Population	3,114 → 3,213 (+3.2%)	178 → 197 (+10.7%)
Median household income	$35,724 → $35,587 (-0.4%)	$44,202 → $92,344 (+108.9%)
Median home value	$83,600 → $105,500 (+26.2%)	—
Median gross rent	$473 → $565 (+19.5%)	—

Red Bay

Population

3,1143,213

Median household income

$35,724$35,587

Median home value

$83,600$105,500

Median gross rent

$473$565

Spruce Pine

Population

178197

Median household income

$44,202$92,344

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Red Bay	Spruce Pine
Under 5	5.1%	31.0%
5 to 17	14.9%	0.0%
18 to 24	3.7%	26.4%
25 to 34	11.0%	5.6%
35 to 44	7.9%	4.6%
45 to 54	20.8%	21.8%
55 to 64	14.7%	0.0%
65 to 74	8.8%	6.6%
75 and over	13.0%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Red Bay	Spruce Pine
White (non-Hispanic)	88.7%	64.5%
Black or African American	0.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	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	10.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Red Bay	Spruce Pine
No high school diploma	16.5%	19.0%
High school graduate	42.2%	22.6%
Some college or associate's	24.1%	58.3%
Bachelor's degree	11.4%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Red Bay	Spruce Pine
Drove alone	83.2%	73.9%
Carpooled	15.4%	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	1.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Red Bay	Spruce Pine
1-unit, detached	71.9%	74.7%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	7.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.7%	25.3%

Poverty & households

	Red Bay	Spruce Pine
Poverty rate	20.6%	20.3%
Average household size	2.13	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	21	20
Median year structure built	1974	1983