Overall, Spruce Pine’s crime rate is one of the lowest in the nation, which makes a great place to live if safety is an important concern.
Residents will find that the town is relatively quiet. This is because it is not over-populated, and it has fewer college students, renters, and young children - all of whom can be noisy at times. So, if you're looking for a relatively peaceful place to live, Spruce Pine is worth considering.
Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Spruce Pine spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 18.85 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the town are less than they would otherwise be.
Being a small town, Spruce Pine does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The percentage of adults in Spruce Pine who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 18.99% of the adults in Spruce Pine have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Spruce Pine in 2022 was $27,056, which is middle income relative to North Carolina, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $108,224 for a family of four. However, Spruce Pine contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Spruce Pine is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Spruce Pine home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Spruce Pine residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Spruce Pine also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 13.54% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Spruce Pine include English, German, Irish, Scots-Irish, and Scottish.
The most common language spoken in Spruce Pine is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
