Spruce Pine is a very small town located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 2,220 people and two associated neighborhoods, Spruce Pine is the 296th largest community in North Carolina.Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Spruce Pine is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Spruce Pine is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Spruce Pine who work in sales jobs (13.38%), office and administrative support (9.83%), and management occupations (9.19%). Also of interest is that Spruce Pine has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. Spruce Pine’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the nation, making it a very safe place to live. The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Spruce Pine has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Spruce Pine a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here. 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. Spruce Pine is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.In terms of college education, Spruce Pine is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 18.99% of adults 25 and older 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.
