Banner Elk vs Crossnore

A side-by-side comparison of Banner Elk and Crossnore: population, income, housing, and more.

Banner Elk and Crossnore are places in North Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Banner Elk has the higher population (1,338 vs 129 in Crossnore). Crossnore has the higher median household income ($107,292 vs $67,917 in Banner Elk). Banner Elk has the higher median home value ($422,900 vs $222,500 in Crossnore).

Population, income & housing

	Banner Elk	Crossnore
Population	1,338	129
Median age	20.7 yrs	19.1 yrs
Median household income	$67,917	$107,292
Median home value	$422,900	$222,500
Median gross rent	$879	—
Housing units	788	44
Homeownership rate	62.8%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.8%	19.2%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Banner Elk	Crossnore
Population	1,332 → 1,338 (+0.5%)	131 → 129 (-1.5%)
Median household income	$55,781 → $67,917 (+21.8%)	$82,500 → $107,292 (+30.1%)
Median home value	$311,600 → $422,900 (+35.7%)	$162,500 → $222,500 (+36.9%)
Median gross rent	$813 → $879 (+8.1%)	—

Banner Elk

Population

1,3321,338

Median household income

$55,781$67,917

Median home value

$311,600$422,900

Median gross rent

$813$879

Crossnore

Population

131129

Median household income

$82,500$107,292

Median home value

$162,500$222,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Banner Elk	Crossnore
Under 5	0.6%	0.0%
5 to 17	5.9%	49.6%
18 to 24	54.1%	10.1%
25 to 34	7.4%	0.0%
35 to 44	6.5%	5.4%
45 to 54	4.9%	7.0%
55 to 64	5.1%	8.5%
65 to 74	10.3%	10.9%
75 and over	5.2%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Banner Elk	Crossnore
White (non-Hispanic)	81.7%	67.4%
Black or African American	7.7%	26.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	5.4%
Two or more races	2.9%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	5.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Banner Elk	Crossnore
No high school diploma	0.9%	7.7%
High school graduate	27.1%	9.6%
Some college or associate's	27.1%	63.5%
Bachelor's degree	21.3%	9.6%
Graduate or professional degree	23.5%	9.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Banner Elk	Crossnore
Drove alone	64.5%	100.0%
Carpooled	6.6%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	9.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.4%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Banner Elk	Crossnore
1-unit, detached	47.0%	93.2%
1-unit, attached	3.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	39.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	8.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	6.8%

Poverty & households

	Banner Elk	Crossnore
Poverty rate	16.0%	0.0%
Average household size	1.80	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	12	—
Median year structure built	1997	1972