Crossnore vs Linville

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

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

Linville has the higher population (437 vs 129 in Crossnore). Crossnore has the higher median household income ($107,292 vs $72,759 in Linville). Linville has the higher median home value ($348,100 vs $222,500 in Crossnore).

Population, income & housing

	Crossnore	Linville
Population	129	437
Median age	19.1 yrs	52.1 yrs
Median household income	$107,292	$72,759
Median home value	$222,500	$348,100
Housing units	44	304
Homeownership rate	100.0%	77.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.2%	15.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	16.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Crossnore	Linville
Population	131 → 129 (-1.5%)	299 → 437 (+46.2%)
Median household income	$82,500 → $107,292 (+30.1%)	$65,385 → $72,759 (+11.3%)
Median home value	$162,500 → $222,500 (+36.9%)	$294,800 → $348,100 (+18.1%)

Crossnore

Population

131129

Median household income

$82,500$107,292

Median home value

$162,500$222,500

Linville

Population

299437

Median household income

$65,385$72,759

Median home value

$294,800$348,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Crossnore	Linville
Under 5	0.0%	9.4%
5 to 17	49.6%	8.2%
18 to 24	10.1%	13.3%
25 to 34	0.0%	16.7%
35 to 44	5.4%	2.1%
45 to 54	7.0%	3.7%
55 to 64	8.5%	34.6%
65 to 74	10.9%	12.1%
75 and over	8.5%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Crossnore	Linville
White (non-Hispanic)	67.4%	95.0%
Black or African American	26.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	5.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Crossnore	Linville
No high school diploma	7.7%	0.0%
High school graduate	9.6%	42.4%
Some college or associate's	63.5%	42.4%
Bachelor's degree	9.6%	7.3%
Graduate or professional degree	9.6%	7.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Crossnore	Linville
Drove alone	100.0%	77.8%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	22.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Crossnore	Linville
1-unit, detached	93.2%	77.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.8%	23.0%

Poverty & households

	Crossnore	Linville
Poverty rate	0.0%	0.0%
Average household size	2.48	2.50
Median year structure built	1972	1974