Cove Creek vs Valle Crucis

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

Cove Creek 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.

Cove Creek has the higher population (1,533 vs 243 in Valle Crucis). Since 2019, Cove Creek's population has grown faster (+53.5% vs +7.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Cove Creek	Valle Crucis
Population	1,533	243
Median age	50.2 yrs	35.7 yrs
Median household income	$53,898	—
Median home value	$247,700	—
Median gross rent	$931	—
Housing units	823	298
Homeownership rate	88.3%	68.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.7%	72.9%
Unemployment rate	1.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cove Creek	Valle Crucis
Population	999 → 1,533 (+53.5%)	226 → 243 (+7.5%)
Median household income	$47,839 → $53,898 (+12.7%)	—
Median home value	$188,900 → $247,700 (+31.1%)	$346,700 → $358,000 (+3.3%)
Median gross rent	$783 → $931 (+18.9%)	—

Cove Creek

Population

9991,533

Median household income

$47,839$53,898

Median home value

$188,900$247,700

Median gross rent

$783$931

Valle Crucis

Population

226243

Median home value

$346,700$358,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cove Creek	Valle Crucis
Under 5	6.3%	5.3%
5 to 17	9.0%	24.7%
18 to 24	3.7%	0.0%
25 to 34	11.0%	13.2%
35 to 44	17.4%	27.6%
45 to 54	13.2%	11.9%
55 to 64	13.1%	11.1%
65 to 74	20.7%	0.0%
75 and over	5.6%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cove Creek	Valle Crucis
White (non-Hispanic)	86.4%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	0.7%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	13.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cove Creek	Valle Crucis
No high school diploma	10.9%	0.0%
High school graduate	23.4%	0.0%
Some college or associate's	31.0%	27.1%
Bachelor's degree	23.3%	40.6%
Graduate or professional degree	11.4%	32.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cove Creek	Valle Crucis
Drove alone	76.0%	66.5%
Carpooled	6.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.1%	33.5%
Other means	7.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cove Creek	Valle Crucis
1-unit, detached	82.5%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
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	17.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cove Creek	Valle Crucis
Poverty rate	14.1%	0.0%
Average household size	2.30	3.08
Mean commute (minutes)	28	—
Median year structure built	1975	1980