Elk Park vs Linville

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

Elk Park and Linville 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 437 in Linville). Linville has the higher median household income ($72,759 vs $44,350 in Elk Park). Linville has the higher median home value ($348,100 vs $145,000 in Elk Park).

Population, income & housing

	Elk Park	Linville
Population	694	437
Median age	46.1 yrs	52.1 yrs
Median household income	$44,350	$72,759
Median home value	$145,000	$348,100
Housing units	363	304
Homeownership rate	57.9%	77.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.9%	15.2%
Unemployment rate	7.1%	16.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elk Park	Linville
Population	744 → 694 (-6.7%)	299 → 437 (+46.2%)
Median household income	$40,200 → $44,350 (+10.3%)	$65,385 → $72,759 (+11.3%)
Median home value	$98,500 → $145,000 (+47.2%)	$294,800 → $348,100 (+18.1%)

Elk Park

Population

744694

Median household income

$40,200$44,350

Median home value

$98,500$145,000

Linville

Population

299437

Median household income

$65,385$72,759

Median home value

$294,800$348,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elk Park	Linville
Under 5	6.6%	9.4%
5 to 17	11.5%	8.2%
18 to 24	2.2%	13.3%
25 to 34	22.0%	16.7%
35 to 44	7.5%	2.1%
45 to 54	16.6%	3.7%
55 to 64	16.7%	34.6%
65 to 74	8.9%	12.1%
75 and over	7.9%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elk Park	Linville
White (non-Hispanic)	94.4%	95.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.7%	5.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elk Park	Linville
No high school diploma	17.2%	0.0%
High school graduate	29.8%	42.4%
Some college or associate's	41.0%	42.4%
Bachelor's degree	8.5%	7.3%
Graduate or professional degree	3.4%	7.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elk Park	Linville
Drove alone	75.3%	77.8%
Carpooled	2.8%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.2%	22.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elk Park	Linville
1-unit, detached	50.7%	77.0%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	16.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	29.8%	23.0%

Poverty & households

	Elk Park	Linville
Poverty rate	27.4%	0.0%
Average household size	2.16	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	20	—
Median year structure built	1971	1974