Macclesfield vs Pinetops

A side-by-side comparison of Macclesfield and Pinetops: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Pinetops has the higher population (1,323 vs 393 in Macclesfield). Pinetops has the higher median household income ($54,196 vs $53,036 in Macclesfield). Pinetops has the higher median home value ($132,600 vs $116,000 in Macclesfield).

Population, income & housing

	Macclesfield	Pinetops
Population	393	1,323
Median age	30.8 yrs	42.7 yrs
Median household income	$53,036	$54,196
Median home value	$116,000	$132,600
Median gross rent	$865	$719
Housing units	184	681
Homeownership rate	65.2%	51.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.9%	12.6%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Macclesfield	Pinetops
Population	494 → 393 (-20.4%)	1,259 → 1,323 (+5.1%)
Median household income	$32,232 → $53,036 (+64.5%)	$29,345 → $54,196 (+84.7%)
Median home value	$77,000 → $116,000 (+50.6%)	$66,800 → $132,600 (+98.5%)
Median gross rent	$634 → $865 (+36.4%)	$583 → $719 (+23.3%)

Macclesfield

Population

494393

Median household income

$32,232$53,036

Median home value

$77,000$116,000

Median gross rent

$634$865

Pinetops

Population

1,2591,323

Median household income

$29,345$54,196

Median home value

$66,800$132,600

Median gross rent

$583$719

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Macclesfield	Pinetops
Under 5	11.7%	4.8%
5 to 17	18.8%	15.8%
18 to 24	5.3%	5.7%
25 to 34	23.4%	12.2%
35 to 44	5.3%	14.6%
45 to 54	8.4%	11.0%
55 to 64	16.3%	15.3%
65 to 74	4.6%	15.3%
75 and over	6.1%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Macclesfield	Pinetops
White (non-Hispanic)	63.9%	40.2%
Black or African American	20.4%	56.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	9.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.8%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	4.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Macclesfield	Pinetops
No high school diploma	19.0%	19.4%
High school graduate	32.9%	39.3%
Some college or associate's	30.2%	28.7%
Bachelor's degree	14.3%	10.2%
Graduate or professional degree	3.6%	2.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Macclesfield	Pinetops
Drove alone	92.5%	81.4%
Carpooled	6.2%	9.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	4.5%
Other means	1.4%	4.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Macclesfield	Pinetops
1-unit, detached	77.2%	72.5%
1-unit, attached	4.3%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	4.9%	7.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	9.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.6%	9.0%

Poverty & households

	Macclesfield	Pinetops
Poverty rate	29.8%	18.4%
Average household size	2.91	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	24	21
Median year structure built	1958	1973