Banner Elk vs Linville

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

Banner Elk and Linville 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 437 in Linville). Linville has the higher median household income ($72,759 vs $67,917 in Banner Elk). Banner Elk has the higher median home value ($422,900 vs $348,100 in Linville).

Population, income & housing

	Banner Elk	Linville
Population	1,338	437
Median age	20.7 yrs	52.1 yrs
Median household income	$67,917	$72,759
Median home value	$422,900	$348,100
Median gross rent	$879	—
Housing units	788	304
Homeownership rate	62.8%	77.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.8%	15.2%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	16.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Banner Elk	Linville
Population	1,332 → 1,338 (+0.5%)	299 → 437 (+46.2%)
Median household income	$55,781 → $67,917 (+21.8%)	$65,385 → $72,759 (+11.3%)
Median home value	$311,600 → $422,900 (+35.7%)	$294,800 → $348,100 (+18.1%)
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

Linville

Population

299437

Median household income

$65,385$72,759

Median home value

$294,800$348,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Banner Elk	Linville
Under 5	0.6%	9.4%
5 to 17	5.9%	8.2%
18 to 24	54.1%	13.3%
25 to 34	7.4%	16.7%
35 to 44	6.5%	2.1%
45 to 54	4.9%	3.7%
55 to 64	5.1%	34.6%
65 to 74	10.3%	12.1%
75 and over	5.2%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Banner Elk	Linville
White (non-Hispanic)	81.7%	95.0%
Black or African American	7.7%	0.0%
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%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.9%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.6%	5.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Banner Elk	Linville
No high school diploma	0.9%	0.0%
High school graduate	27.1%	42.4%
Some college or associate's	27.1%	42.4%
Bachelor's degree	21.3%	7.3%
Graduate or professional degree	23.5%	7.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Banner Elk	Linville
Drove alone	64.5%	77.8%
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%	22.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Banner Elk	Linville
1-unit, detached	47.0%	77.0%
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%	23.0%

Poverty & households

	Banner Elk	Linville
Poverty rate	16.0%	0.0%
Average household size	1.80	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	12	—
Median year structure built	1997	1974