Bakersville vs Spruce Pine

A side-by-side comparison of Bakersville and Spruce Pine: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Spruce Pine has the higher population (2,381 vs 718 in Bakersville). Spruce Pine has the higher median household income ($47,583 vs $39,091 in Bakersville). Bakersville has the higher median home value ($229,000 vs $202,300 in Spruce Pine).

Population, income & housing

	Bakersville	Spruce Pine
Population	718	2,381
Median age	50.4 yrs	46.1 yrs
Median household income	$39,091	$47,583
Median home value	$229,000	$202,300
Median gross rent	$450	$735
Housing units	347	1,153
Homeownership rate	60.8%	66.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.1%	20.1%
Unemployment rate	34.6%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bakersville	Spruce Pine
Population	466 → 718 (+54.1%)	2,273 → 2,381 (+4.8%)
Median household income	$28,750 → $39,091 (+36.0%)	$40,913 → $47,583 (+16.3%)
Median home value	$138,600 → $229,000 (+65.2%)	$153,800 → $202,300 (+31.5%)
Median gross rent	$458 → $450 (-1.7%)	$584 → $735 (+25.9%)

Bakersville

Population

466718

Median household income

$28,750$39,091

Median home value

$138,600$229,000

Median gross rent

$458$450

Spruce Pine

Population

2,2732,381

Median household income

$40,913$47,583

Median home value

$153,800$202,300

Median gross rent

$584$735

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bakersville	Spruce Pine
Under 5	2.2%	5.5%
5 to 17	7.8%	12.1%
18 to 24	8.1%	10.0%
25 to 34	20.3%	13.1%
35 to 44	2.1%	7.3%
45 to 54	13.6%	16.6%
55 to 64	8.1%	13.2%
65 to 74	27.6%	10.4%
75 and over	10.2%	11.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bakersville	Spruce Pine
White (non-Hispanic)	95.7%	83.4%
Black or African American	2.5%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.7%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	11.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bakersville	Spruce Pine
No high school diploma	16.3%	15.7%
High school graduate	15.0%	26.7%
Some college or associate's	57.7%	37.4%
Bachelor's degree	2.9%	10.6%
Graduate or professional degree	8.2%	9.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bakersville	Spruce Pine
Drove alone	88.6%	75.2%
Carpooled	3.3%	15.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.3%	3.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.7%	5.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bakersville	Spruce Pine
1-unit, detached	64.3%	69.8%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	3.5%	14.9%
5 to 19 units	15.6%	4.9%
20 or more units	11.0%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	4.9%	7.5%

Poverty & households

	Bakersville	Spruce Pine
Poverty rate	17.7%	18.2%
Average household size	2.19	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	14	18
Median year structure built	1993	1961