Crossnore vs Elk Park

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

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

Elk Park has the higher population (694 vs 129 in Crossnore). Crossnore has the higher median household income ($107,292 vs $44,350 in Elk Park). Crossnore has the higher median home value ($222,500 vs $145,000 in Elk Park).

Population, income & housing

	Crossnore	Elk Park
Population	129	694
Median age	19.1 yrs	46.1 yrs
Median household income	$107,292	$44,350
Median home value	$222,500	$145,000
Housing units	44	363
Homeownership rate	100.0%	57.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.2%	11.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	7.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Crossnore	Elk Park
Population	131 → 129 (-1.5%)	744 → 694 (-6.7%)
Median household income	$82,500 → $107,292 (+30.1%)	$40,200 → $44,350 (+10.3%)
Median home value	$162,500 → $222,500 (+36.9%)	$98,500 → $145,000 (+47.2%)

Crossnore

Population

131129

Median household income

$82,500$107,292

Median home value

$162,500$222,500

Elk Park

Population

744694

Median household income

$40,200$44,350

Median home value

$98,500$145,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Crossnore	Elk Park
Under 5	0.0%	6.6%
5 to 17	49.6%	11.5%
18 to 24	10.1%	2.2%
25 to 34	0.0%	22.0%
35 to 44	5.4%	7.5%
45 to 54	7.0%	16.6%
55 to 64	8.5%	16.7%
65 to 74	10.9%	8.9%
75 and over	8.5%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Crossnore	Elk Park
White (non-Hispanic)	67.4%	94.4%
Black or African American	26.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	5.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.8%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Crossnore	Elk Park
No high school diploma	7.7%	17.2%
High school graduate	9.6%	29.8%
Some college or associate's	63.5%	41.0%
Bachelor's degree	9.6%	8.5%
Graduate or professional degree	9.6%	3.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Crossnore	Elk Park
Drove alone	100.0%	75.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	2.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	18.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Crossnore	Elk Park
1-unit, detached	93.2%	50.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	16.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	6.8%	29.8%

Poverty & households

	Crossnore	Elk Park
Poverty rate	0.0%	27.4%
Average household size	2.48	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	—	20
Median year structure built	1972	1971