Pinetops vs Princeville

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

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

Princeville has the higher population (1,502 vs 1,323 in Pinetops). Pinetops has the higher median household income ($54,196 vs $49,583 in Princeville). Pinetops has the higher median home value ($132,600 vs $99,100 in Princeville).

Population, income & housing

	Pinetops	Princeville
Population	1,323	1,502
Median age	42.7 yrs	40.9 yrs
Median household income	$54,196	$49,583
Median home value	$132,600	$99,100
Median gross rent	$719	$1,017
Housing units	681	705
Homeownership rate	51.8%	70.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.6%	6.8%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	8.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pinetops	Princeville
Population	1,259 → 1,323 (+5.1%)	2,119 → 1,502 (-29.1%)
Median household income	$29,345 → $54,196 (+84.7%)	$33,878 → $49,583 (+46.4%)
Median home value	$66,800 → $132,600 (+98.5%)	$71,700 → $99,100 (+38.2%)
Median gross rent	$583 → $719 (+23.3%)	$713 → $1,017 (+42.6%)

Pinetops

Population

1,2591,323

Median household income

$29,345$54,196

Median home value

$66,800$132,600

Median gross rent

$583$719

Princeville

Population

2,1191,502

Median household income

$33,878$49,583

Median home value

$71,700$99,100

Median gross rent

$713$1,017

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pinetops	Princeville
Under 5	4.8%	3.4%
5 to 17	15.8%	23.7%
18 to 24	5.7%	6.9%
25 to 34	12.2%	4.5%
35 to 44	14.6%	16.4%
45 to 54	11.0%	11.8%
55 to 64	15.3%	14.0%
65 to 74	15.3%	16.6%
75 and over	5.3%	2.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pinetops	Princeville
White (non-Hispanic)	40.2%	1.7%
Black or African American	56.6%	97.5%
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	3.2%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pinetops	Princeville
No high school diploma	19.4%	19.5%
High school graduate	39.3%	52.3%
Some college or associate's	28.7%	21.5%
Bachelor's degree	10.2%	4.4%
Graduate or professional degree	2.5%	2.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pinetops	Princeville
Drove alone	81.4%	73.0%
Carpooled	9.5%	8.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	9.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	2.3%
Worked from home	4.5%	0.5%
Other means	4.7%	6.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pinetops	Princeville
1-unit, detached	72.5%	35.7%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	7.3%	4.1%
5 to 19 units	9.8%	11.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.0%	47.7%

Poverty & households

	Pinetops	Princeville
Poverty rate	18.4%	24.1%
Average household size	2.21	2.81
Mean commute (minutes)	21	19
Median year structure built	1973	2000