The overall crime rate in Spruce Pine is one of the lowest in the US. This makes it one of the safer places to live in the country in terms of crime.
It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Spruce Pine has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Spruce Pine has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Spruce Pine than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Spruce Pine may be for you.
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.
As is often the case in a small town, Spruce Pine doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The education level of Spruce Pine citizens, measured as those with bachelor's degrees or advanced degrees, is similar to the national average for all American cities and towns. 18.99% of adults 25 and older in Spruce Pine have a college 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.
