Plain View vs Spivey's Corner

A side-by-side comparison of Plain View and Spivey's Corner: population, income, housing, and more.

Plain View and Spivey's Corner are places in North Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Plain View has the higher population (1,647 vs 646 in Spivey's Corner). Since 2019, Spivey's Corner's population has grown faster (+39.8% vs -11.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Plain View	Spivey's Corner
Population	1,647	646
Median age	47.1 yrs	40.0 yrs
Median household income	$75,058	—
Median home value	$205,700	—
Median gross rent	$850	—
Housing units	783	298
Homeownership rate	83.2%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.6%	10.7%
Unemployment rate	11.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Plain View	Spivey's Corner
Population	1,853 → 1,647 (-11.1%)	462 → 646 (+39.8%)
Median household income	$58,663 → $75,058 (+27.9%)	—
Median home value	$152,300 → $205,700 (+35.1%)	$275,000 → $220,200 (-19.9%)
Median gross rent	$525 → $850 (+61.9%)	—

Plain View

Population

1,8531,647

Median household income

$58,663$75,058

Median home value

$152,300$205,700

Median gross rent

$525$850

Spivey's Corner

Population

462646

Median home value

$275,000$220,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Plain View	Spivey's Corner
Under 5	3.3%	0.0%
5 to 17	15.0%	21.4%
18 to 24	13.7%	15.0%
25 to 34	9.7%	9.4%
35 to 44	7.0%	12.1%
45 to 54	10.1%	7.6%
55 to 64	16.8%	10.5%
65 to 74	11.1%	5.0%
75 and over	13.4%	19.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Plain View	Spivey's Corner
White (non-Hispanic)	80.4%	58.2%
Black or African American	14.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.8%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	41.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Plain View	Spivey's Corner
No high school diploma	5.2%	18.0%
High school graduate	50.0%	62.3%
Some college or associate's	31.2%	9.0%
Bachelor's degree	13.0%	10.7%
Graduate or professional degree	0.5%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Plain View	Spivey's Corner
Drove alone	77.2%	63.8%
Carpooled	17.4%	26.0%
Public transit	0.0%	10.2%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.4%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Plain View	Spivey's Corner
1-unit, detached	74.6%	71.8%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	12.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	22.5%	16.1%

Poverty & households

	Plain View	Spivey's Corner
Poverty rate	10.3%	0.0%
Average household size	2.20	3.87
Mean commute (minutes)	36	—
Median year structure built	1995	1997