Spruce Pine vs Vina

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

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

Vina has the higher population (368 vs 197 in Spruce Pine). Spruce Pine has the higher median household income ($92,344 vs $40,469 in Vina). Since 2019, Spruce Pine's population has grown faster (+10.7% vs -6.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Spruce Pine	Vina
Population	197	368
Median age	22.7 yrs	35.8 yrs
Median household income	$92,344	$40,469
Median home value	—	$65,000
Median gross rent	—	$675
Housing units	146	169
Homeownership rate	64.0%	58.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	8.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Spruce Pine	Vina
Population	178 → 197 (+10.7%)	393 → 368 (-6.4%)
Median household income	$44,202 → $92,344 (+108.9%)	$32,750 → $40,469 (+23.6%)
Median home value	—	$61,100 → $65,000 (+6.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$440 → $675 (+53.4%)

Spruce Pine

Population

178197

Median household income

$44,202$92,344

Vina

Population

393368

Median household income

$32,750$40,469

Median home value

$61,100$65,000

Median gross rent

$440$675

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Spruce Pine	Vina
Under 5	31.0%	12.5%
5 to 17	0.0%	14.9%
18 to 24	26.4%	6.5%
25 to 34	5.6%	13.3%
35 to 44	4.6%	7.9%
45 to 54	21.8%	19.8%
55 to 64	0.0%	9.8%
65 to 74	6.6%	10.6%
75 and over	4.1%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Spruce Pine	Vina
White (non-Hispanic)	64.5%	97.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.6%
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	35.5%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Spruce Pine	Vina
No high school diploma	19.0%	30.5%
High school graduate	22.6%	46.1%
Some college or associate's	58.3%	15.2%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	7.4%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Spruce Pine	Vina
Drove alone	73.9%	75.2%
Carpooled	14.5%	22.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	11.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Spruce Pine	Vina
1-unit, detached	74.7%	59.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	10.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	25.3%	29.6%

Poverty & households

	Spruce Pine	Vina
Poverty rate	20.3%	40.5%
Average household size	2.63	2.90
Mean commute (minutes)	20	24
Median year structure built	1983	1980