Linville vs Sugar Mountain

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

Linville 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 437 in Linville). Sugar Mountain has the higher median household income ($110,000 vs $72,759 in Linville). Linville has the higher median home value ($348,100 vs $312,200 in Sugar Mountain).

Population, income & housing

	Linville	Sugar Mountain
Population	437	503
Median age	52.1 yrs	59.8 yrs
Median household income	$72,759	$110,000
Median home value	$348,100	$312,200
Median gross rent	—	$1,650
Housing units	304	1,679
Homeownership rate	77.1%	84.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.2%	58.9%
Unemployment rate	16.9%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Linville	Sugar Mountain
Population	299 → 437 (+46.2%)	443 → 503 (+13.5%)
Median household income	$65,385 → $72,759 (+11.3%)	$78,523 → $110,000 (+40.1%)
Median home value	$294,800 → $348,100 (+18.1%)	$232,300 → $312,200 (+34.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$963 → $1,650 (+71.3%)

Linville

Population

299437

Median household income

$65,385$72,759

Median home value

$294,800$348,100

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)

	Linville	Sugar Mountain
Under 5	9.4%	1.0%
5 to 17	8.2%	9.5%
18 to 24	13.3%	5.4%
25 to 34	16.7%	8.0%
35 to 44	2.1%	8.3%
45 to 54	3.7%	11.7%
55 to 64	34.6%	16.5%
65 to 74	12.1%	24.9%
75 and over	0.0%	14.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Linville	Sugar Mountain
White (non-Hispanic)	95.0%	91.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	0.0%	0.8%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	5.0%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Linville	Sugar Mountain
No high school diploma	0.0%	0.5%
High school graduate	42.4%	23.6%
Some college or associate's	42.4%	17.0%
Bachelor's degree	7.3%	27.9%
Graduate or professional degree	7.9%	31.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Linville	Sugar Mountain
Drove alone	77.8%	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	22.2%	13.9%
Other means	0.0%	2.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Linville	Sugar Mountain
1-unit, detached	77.0%	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	23.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Linville	Sugar Mountain
Poverty rate	0.0%	6.8%
Average household size	2.50	1.93
Mean commute (minutes)	—	18
Median year structure built	1974	1985