Foscoe vs Valle Crucis

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

Foscoe 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.

Foscoe has the higher population (1,257 vs 243 in Valle Crucis). Since 2019, Valle Crucis's population has grown faster (+7.5% vs -20.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Foscoe	Valle Crucis
Population	1,257	243
Median age	54.2 yrs	35.7 yrs
Median household income	$44,367	—
Median home value	$302,500	—
Median gross rent	$683	—
Housing units	1,528	298
Homeownership rate	61.5%	68.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.8%	72.9%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Foscoe	Valle Crucis
Population	1,579 → 1,257 (-20.4%)	226 → 243 (+7.5%)
Median household income	$50,204 → $44,367 (-11.6%)	—
Median home value	$234,000 → $302,500 (+29.3%)	$346,700 → $358,000 (+3.3%)
Median gross rent	$791 → $683 (-13.7%)	—

Foscoe

Population

1,5791,257

Median household income

$50,204$44,367

Median home value

$234,000$302,500

Median gross rent

$791$683

Valle Crucis

Population

226243

Median home value

$346,700$358,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Foscoe	Valle Crucis
Under 5	0.9%	5.3%
5 to 17	12.8%	24.7%
18 to 24	4.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	13.9%	13.2%
35 to 44	12.1%	27.6%
45 to 54	10.7%	11.9%
55 to 64	19.1%	11.1%
65 to 74	14.7%	0.0%
75 and over	11.9%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Foscoe	Valle Crucis
White (non-Hispanic)	89.0%	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	1.6%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	9.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Foscoe	Valle Crucis
No high school diploma	13.8%	0.0%
High school graduate	11.5%	0.0%
Some college or associate's	31.9%	27.1%
Bachelor's degree	24.1%	40.6%
Graduate or professional degree	18.7%	32.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Foscoe	Valle Crucis
Drove alone	89.4%	66.5%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.6%	33.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Foscoe	Valle Crucis
1-unit, detached	39.1%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	15.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	36.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Foscoe	Valle Crucis
Poverty rate	11.5%	0.0%
Average household size	1.96	3.08
Mean commute (minutes)	27	—
Median year structure built	2001	1980