Russellville vs Spruce Pine

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

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

Russellville has the higher population (10,783 vs 197 in Spruce Pine). Spruce Pine has the higher median household income ($92,344 vs $52,529 in Russellville).

Population, income & housing

	Russellville	Spruce Pine
Population	10,783	197
Median age	33.9 yrs	22.7 yrs
Median household income	$52,529	$92,344
Median home value	$117,300	—
Median gross rent	$716	—
Housing units	4,081	146
Homeownership rate	65.3%	64.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.5%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Russellville	Spruce Pine
Population	9,781 → 10,783 (+10.2%)	178 → 197 (+10.7%)
Median household income	$43,358 → $52,529 (+21.2%)	$44,202 → $92,344 (+108.9%)
Median home value	$92,700 → $117,300 (+26.5%)	—
Median gross rent	$583 → $716 (+22.8%)	—

Russellville

Population

9,78110,783

Median household income

$43,358$52,529

Median home value

$92,700$117,300

Median gross rent

$583$716

Spruce Pine

Population

178197

Median household income

$44,202$92,344

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Russellville	Spruce Pine
Under 5	9.5%	31.0%
5 to 17	19.9%	0.0%
18 to 24	10.9%	26.4%
25 to 34	11.0%	5.6%
35 to 44	13.2%	4.6%
45 to 54	10.1%	21.8%
55 to 64	8.9%	0.0%
65 to 74	8.6%	6.6%
75 and over	8.0%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Russellville	Spruce Pine
White (non-Hispanic)	47.4%	64.5%
Black or African American	9.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.9%	35.5%
Hispanic or Latino	41.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Russellville	Spruce Pine
No high school diploma	29.3%	19.0%
High school graduate	34.7%	22.6%
Some college or associate's	21.5%	58.3%
Bachelor's degree	7.6%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.9%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Russellville	Spruce Pine
Drove alone	84.8%	73.9%
Carpooled	13.5%	14.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	11.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.7%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Russellville	Spruce Pine
1-unit, detached	77.0%	74.7%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	9.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.7%	25.3%

Poverty & households

	Russellville	Spruce Pine
Poverty rate	15.0%	20.3%
Average household size	2.90	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	26	20
Median year structure built	1980	1983