Blowing Rock vs Valle Crucis

A side-by-side comparison of Blowing Rock and Valle Crucis: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Blowing Rock has the higher population (848 vs 243 in Valle Crucis). Since 2019, Valle Crucis's population has grown faster (+7.5% vs -27.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Blowing Rock	Valle Crucis
Population	848	243
Median age	60.9 yrs	35.7 yrs
Median household income	$120,865	—
Median home value	$667,300	—
Median gross rent	$877	—
Housing units	1,872	298
Homeownership rate	74.6%	68.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	59.9%	72.9%
Unemployment rate	0.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blowing Rock	Valle Crucis
Population	1,163 → 848 (-27.1%)	226 → 243 (+7.5%)
Median household income	$80,231 → $120,865 (+50.6%)	—
Median home value	$455,600 → $667,300 (+46.5%)	$346,700 → $358,000 (+3.3%)
Median gross rent	$971 → $877 (-9.7%)	—

Blowing Rock

Population

1,163848

Median household income

$80,231$120,865

Median home value

$455,600$667,300

Median gross rent

$971$877

Valle Crucis

Population

226243

Median home value

$346,700$358,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blowing Rock	Valle Crucis
Under 5	4.7%	5.3%
5 to 17	5.4%	24.7%
18 to 24	10.1%	0.0%
25 to 34	3.3%	13.2%
35 to 44	11.8%	27.6%
45 to 54	5.4%	11.9%
55 to 64	20.4%	11.1%
65 to 74	25.7%	0.0%
75 and over	13.1%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blowing Rock	Valle Crucis
White (non-Hispanic)	92.9%	100.0%
Black or African American	3.7%	0.0%
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	3.4%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blowing Rock	Valle Crucis
No high school diploma	4.4%	0.0%
High school graduate	9.2%	0.0%
Some college or associate's	26.5%	27.1%
Bachelor's degree	26.8%	40.6%
Graduate or professional degree	33.1%	32.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blowing Rock	Valle Crucis
Drove alone	78.5%	66.5%
Carpooled	0.5%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	3.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.4%	33.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blowing Rock	Valle Crucis
1-unit, detached	56.6%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	26.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Blowing Rock	Valle Crucis
Poverty rate	1.8%	0.0%
Average household size	1.89	3.08
Mean commute (minutes)	32	—
Median year structure built	1984	1980