Bostic vs Chimney Rock Village

A side-by-side comparison of Bostic and Chimney Rock Village: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Bostic has the higher population (363 vs 131 in Chimney Rock Village). Chimney Rock Village has the higher median household income ($67,656 vs $56,563 in Bostic). Chimney Rock Village has the higher median home value ($361,100 vs $156,300 in Bostic).

Population, income & housing

	Bostic	Chimney Rock Village
Population	363	131
Median age	40.3 yrs	63.3 yrs
Median household income	$56,563	$67,656
Median home value	$156,300	$361,100
Median gross rent	$836	$1,317
Housing units	176	179
Homeownership rate	65.8%	62.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.8%	33.6%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bostic	Chimney Rock Village
Population	302 → 363 (+20.2%)	177 → 131 (-26.0%)
Median household income	$33,438 → $56,563 (+69.2%)	$32,375 → $67,656 (+109.0%)
Median home value	$88,500 → $156,300 (+76.6%)	$220,000 → $361,100 (+64.1%)
Median gross rent	$508 → $836 (+64.6%)	$704 → $1,317 (+87.1%)

Bostic

Population

302363

Median household income

$33,438$56,563

Median home value

$88,500$156,300

Median gross rent

$508$836

Chimney Rock Village

Population

177131

Median household income

$32,375$67,656

Median home value

$220,000$361,100

Median gross rent

$704$1,317

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bostic	Chimney Rock Village
Under 5	5.8%	0.0%
5 to 17	17.6%	0.0%
18 to 24	6.3%	0.0%
25 to 34	12.4%	3.1%
35 to 44	12.4%	19.1%
45 to 54	8.0%	8.4%
55 to 64	16.5%	30.5%
65 to 74	14.6%	30.5%
75 and over	6.3%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bostic	Chimney Rock Village
White (non-Hispanic)	89.5%	100.0%
Black or African American	6.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bostic	Chimney Rock Village
No high school diploma	16.1%	0.8%
High school graduate	19.6%	37.4%
Some college or associate's	43.5%	28.2%
Bachelor's degree	14.5%	14.5%
Graduate or professional degree	6.3%	19.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bostic	Chimney Rock Village
Drove alone	90.6%	80.0%
Carpooled	6.9%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	14.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.5%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	5.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bostic	Chimney Rock Village
1-unit, detached	74.4%	89.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.8%	7.3%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	2.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	21.6%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Bostic	Chimney Rock Village
Poverty rate	15.1%	15.3%
Average household size	2.49	1.75
Mean commute (minutes)	26	13
Median year structure built	1975	1967