Pinetops vs Speed

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

Pinetops and Speed 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 81 in Speed). Pinetops has the higher median home value ($132,600 vs $75,400 in Speed). Since 2019, Pinetops's population has grown faster (+5.1% vs +2.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Pinetops	Speed
Population	1,323	81
Median age	42.7 yrs	61.8 yrs
Median household income	$54,196	—
Median home value	$132,600	$75,400
Median gross rent	$719	—
Housing units	681	55
Homeownership rate	51.8%	76.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.6%	5.2%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pinetops	Speed
Population	1,259 → 1,323 (+5.1%)	79 → 81 (+2.5%)
Median household income	$29,345 → $54,196 (+84.7%)	$21,875 → $27,500 (+25.7%)
Median home value	$66,800 → $132,600 (+98.5%)	$67,600 → $75,400 (+11.5%)
Median gross rent	$583 → $719 (+23.3%)	—

Pinetops

Population

1,2591,323

Median household income

$29,345$54,196

Median home value

$66,800$132,600

Median gross rent

$583$719

Speed

Population

7981

Median household income

$21,875$27,500

Median home value

$67,600$75,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pinetops	Speed
Under 5	4.8%	0.0%
5 to 17	15.8%	4.9%
18 to 24	5.7%	0.0%
25 to 34	12.2%	8.6%
35 to 44	14.6%	7.4%
45 to 54	11.0%	18.5%
55 to 64	15.3%	11.1%
65 to 74	15.3%	43.2%
75 and over	5.3%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pinetops	Speed
White (non-Hispanic)	40.2%	34.6%
Black or African American	56.6%	59.3%
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%	6.2%
Two or more races	3.2%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pinetops	Speed
No high school diploma	19.4%	14.3%
High school graduate	39.3%	40.3%
Some college or associate's	28.7%	40.3%
Bachelor's degree	10.2%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	2.5%	5.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pinetops	Speed
Drove alone	81.4%	79.5%
Carpooled	9.5%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.5%	20.5%
Other means	4.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pinetops	Speed
1-unit, detached	72.5%	43.6%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	9.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.0%	56.4%

Poverty & households

	Pinetops	Speed
Poverty rate	18.4%	0.0%
Average household size	2.21	1.76
Mean commute (minutes)	21	20
Median year structure built	1973	1993