Linville vs Newland

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

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

Newland has the higher population (815 vs 437 in Linville). Linville has the higher median household income ($72,759 vs $43,429 in Newland). Linville has the higher median home value ($348,100 vs $223,800 in Newland).

Population, income & housing

	Linville	Newland
Population	437	815
Median age	52.1 yrs	50.0 yrs
Median household income	$72,759	$43,429
Median home value	$348,100	$223,800
Median gross rent	—	$774
Housing units	304	479
Homeownership rate	77.1%	52.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.2%	29.3%
Unemployment rate	16.9%	9.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Linville	Newland
Population	299 → 437 (+46.2%)	755 → 815 (+7.9%)
Median household income	$65,385 → $72,759 (+11.3%)	$22,679 → $43,429 (+91.5%)
Median home value	$294,800 → $348,100 (+18.1%)	$143,800 → $223,800 (+55.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$667 → $774 (+16.0%)

Linville

Population

299437

Median household income

$65,385$72,759

Median home value

$294,800$348,100

Newland

Population

755815

Median household income

$22,679$43,429

Median home value

$143,800$223,800

Median gross rent

$667$774

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Linville	Newland
Under 5	9.4%	2.3%
5 to 17	8.2%	13.1%
18 to 24	13.3%	3.7%
25 to 34	16.7%	4.3%
35 to 44	2.1%	13.7%
45 to 54	3.7%	20.7%
55 to 64	34.6%	22.1%
65 to 74	12.1%	9.6%
75 and over	0.0%	10.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Linville	Newland
White (non-Hispanic)	95.0%	92.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	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	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.0%	7.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Linville	Newland
No high school diploma	0.0%	4.9%
High school graduate	42.4%	34.0%
Some college or associate's	42.4%	31.9%
Bachelor's degree	7.3%	19.4%
Graduate or professional degree	7.9%	9.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Linville	Newland
Drove alone	77.8%	92.6%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	22.2%	4.8%
Other means	0.0%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Linville	Newland
1-unit, detached	77.0%	68.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	7.1%
Mobile home & other	23.0%	18.4%

Poverty & households

	Linville	Newland
Poverty rate	0.0%	12.1%
Average household size	2.50	1.96
Mean commute (minutes)	—	16
Median year structure built	1974	1968