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Spruce Pine town, North Carolina

People
Population2,398B01003
Population, 2020 census2,194P1
Median age48.6B01002
Under 1815.1%B01001
65 and over21.7%B01001
Households1,111B11001
Foreign born8.1%B05002
Money
Median household income$42,098B19013
Median family income$68,950B19113
Per capita income$28,834B19301
Poverty rate22.5%B17001
Unemployment rate1.8%B23025
Civilian labor force1,084B23025
Mean commute (minutes)21.7B08013
Education
Bachelor's degree or higher24.4%B15003
Housing
Housing units1,228B25001
Owner-occupied64.4%B25003
Renters35.6%B25003
Median home value$207,500B25077
Median gross rent$837B25064
Race and ethnicity
White, not Hispanic82.8%B03002
Black0.8%B03002
Hispanic or Latino11.9%B03002
Asian0.3%B03002
American Indian and Alaska Native0.5%B03002

Figures from the 2020-2024 American Community Survey five-year estimates (table codes link to the same table for this area at data.census.gov) and the 2020 census (P1), via IPUMS NHGIS. Estimates for small areas carry wide margins of error; a tract's figures describe its residents, not any one organization.

Against the county: median household income here is 73% of Mitchell County's ($57,602); poverty 22.5% against 12.9%.

Map

Spruce Pine town: 2,398ZIP 28777: 86 nonprofits, $33,259,704

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FURP records in Spruce Pine, NC

RecordsHow manyTotalBiggest
Nonprofits88$33,259,704 revenue (latest return)HOSPICE & PALLIATIVE CARE OF THE BLUE RIDGE INC ($12,400,770)
Nonprofit contractors9$20,298,151 paid by nonprofitsBURLESON CONSTRUCTION ($13,182,374)
Colleges and schools1863 enrollmentMayland Community College (863)
Political committees2AMERICAN MUCKRAKERS PAC
Form 5500 plan sponsors2731 plansTHE QUARTZ CORP USA (2)
Open Payments recipients39$36,563 industry paymentsAsheville Gastroenterology Associates At Blue Rdg ($14,992)
Patent and trademark owners1355 patents and marksJenelle Johannes Creative, LLC (30)
Federal award recipients348$88,846,432 federal awardsMAYLAND COMMUNITY COLLEGE ($39,090,780)
State business registrations41ALPINE ENERGY LLC

Cross-reference: 88 nonprofits for 2,398 residents is 367.0 per 10,000 people; their latest-year revenue of $33,259,704 is $13,870 per resident, 71.1% of all household income here (households at the median income).

Highest-paid people on nonprofit returns here

#NameTitleOrganizationPayYearTimes the median household income
1Dr John BoydMCC PresidentMAYLAND COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION$315,02120247.5x
2Amanda BuchananTreasurer / CFOMAYLAND COMMUNITY COLLEGE ENTERPRISE CORPORATION$155,49620243.7x
3CHRISTINA JENKINSCHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICERHOSPICE & PALLIATIVE CARE OF THE BLUE RIDGE INC$119,50020242.8x
4STEPHANIE MCINTOSHHOSPICE & PALLIATIVE CARE OF THE BLUE RIDGE INC$110,57620242.6x
5Brywn PhilipsExecutive DirectorMAYLAND COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION$99,30120242.4x
6Ms Margaret Earley-ThieleDean of Advancement, MCCMAYLAND COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION$86,99120222.1x
7ERON THIELEEXECUTIVE DIRECTORMAY COALITION INC$83,27320242.0x
8Andrew V ZucchinoExecutive DirectorTOE RIVER AGGREGATION CENTER TRAINING ORGANIZATION REGIONAL INC$74,23520241.8x
9AMANDA NORTHEXECUTIVE DIRECTORTHE CENTER FOR RURAL HEALTH INNOVATION$73,08820241.7x
10Robin SmithExecutive DirectorTOE RIVER AGGREGATION CENTER TRAINING ORGANIZATION REGIONAL INC$72,22720181.7x

Each person's latest year on a 990 at a nonprofit placed here (reported pay including related organizations and other compensation); people paid under $50,000 are left out. The median household income here is $42,098.

Nonprofits: biggest by revenue (latest return)

Nonprofit contractors: biggest by paid by nonprofits

Colleges and schools: biggest by enrollment

Political committees

Form 5500 plan sponsors: biggest by plans

Open Payments recipients: biggest by industry payments

Patent and trademark owners: biggest by patents and marks

Federal award recipients: biggest by federal awards

Census figures are from IPUMS NHGIS: the American Community Survey 2020-2024 five-year estimates (ACS table codes shown with each figure) and the 2020 decennial census (Demographic and Housing Characteristics), by state, county, place and census tract. FURP records are placed by ZIP code (the Census Bureau's 2020 ZCTA-to-county and ZCTA-to-tract relationship files: the county or tract holding most of the ZIP's land) and by city name (Census place names, normalized), so a record's tract is its ZIP's main tract, not its street's. Cite: Jonathan Schroeder, David Van Riper, Steven Manson, Grace Cooper, Zachary Krause, Tracy Kugler, Tsu Zhu, and Steven Ruggles. IPUMS National Historical Geographic Information System: Version 21.0 [dataset]. Minneapolis, MN: IPUMS. 2026. http://doi.org/10.18128/D050.V21.0