Crossnore vs Sugar Mountain

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

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

Sugar Mountain has the higher population (503 vs 129 in Crossnore). Sugar Mountain has the higher median household income ($110,000 vs $107,292 in Crossnore). Sugar Mountain has the higher median home value ($312,200 vs $222,500 in Crossnore).

Population, income & housing

	Crossnore	Sugar Mountain
Population	129	503
Median age	19.1 yrs	59.8 yrs
Median household income	$107,292	$110,000
Median home value	$222,500	$312,200
Median gross rent	—	$1,650
Housing units	44	1,679
Homeownership rate	100.0%	84.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.2%	58.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Crossnore	Sugar Mountain
Population	131 → 129 (-1.5%)	443 → 503 (+13.5%)
Median household income	$82,500 → $107,292 (+30.1%)	$78,523 → $110,000 (+40.1%)
Median home value	$162,500 → $222,500 (+36.9%)	$232,300 → $312,200 (+34.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$963 → $1,650 (+71.3%)

Crossnore

Population

131129

Median household income

$82,500$107,292

Median home value

$162,500$222,500

Sugar Mountain

Population

443503

Median household income

$78,523$110,000

Median home value

$232,300$312,200

Median gross rent

$963$1,650

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Crossnore	Sugar Mountain
Under 5	0.0%	1.0%
5 to 17	49.6%	9.5%
18 to 24	10.1%	5.4%
25 to 34	0.0%	8.0%
35 to 44	5.4%	8.3%
45 to 54	7.0%	11.7%
55 to 64	8.5%	16.5%
65 to 74	10.9%	24.9%
75 and over	8.5%	14.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Crossnore	Sugar Mountain
White (non-Hispanic)	67.4%	91.8%
Black or African American	26.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	5.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	5.4%	0.8%
Two or more races	0.8%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Crossnore	Sugar Mountain
No high school diploma	7.7%	0.5%
High school graduate	9.6%	23.6%
Some college or associate's	63.5%	17.0%
Bachelor's degree	9.6%	27.9%
Graduate or professional degree	9.6%	31.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Crossnore	Sugar Mountain
Drove alone	100.0%	57.8%
Carpooled	0.0%	23.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	13.9%
Other means	0.0%	2.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Crossnore	Sugar Mountain
1-unit, detached	93.2%	26.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	21.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	25.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	26.1%
Mobile home & other	6.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Crossnore	Sugar Mountain
Poverty rate	0.0%	6.8%
Average household size	2.48	1.93
Mean commute (minutes)	—	18
Median year structure built	1972	1985