Spruce Pine, NC
| Election | Margin |
|---|---|
| 2008 | R+37.1 |
| 2012 | R+48.4 |
| 2016 | R+55.4 |
| 2020 | R+55.3 |
| 2024 | R+52.8 |
Turnout is unavailable because a compatible reported ballots-cast numerator and denominator are not both present.
Akashic
| Population | 2,398 |
|---|---|
| Latest presidential result | R+52.8 (2024) |
| Results on record | 2004–2024 presidential |
| Median household income | $42,098 |
| County | Mitchell County |
| State | NC |
Place narrative
Spruce Pine sits at the heart of North Carolina's feldspar and quartz mining belt, and its working-class, rural character has made Mitchell County one of the more reliably Republican corners of the western mountain region.
Akashic
Presidential history
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Other | Candidate total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | R | −52.8% | 293 | 957 | 7 | 1,257 |
| 2020 | R | −55.3% | 284 | 998 | 10 | 1,292 |
| 2016 | R | −55.4% | 239 | 877 | 36 | 1,152 |
| 2012 | R | −48.4% | 269 | 790 | 17 | 1,076 |
| 2008 | R | −37.1% | 338 | 747 | 17 | 1,102 |
| 2004† | R | −42.1% | 314 | 772 | 3 | 1,089 |
Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits.
These Census-place returns are modeled candidate-vote estimates on Census boundaries unless a row explicitly says certified. They are not automatically the official city or town return.
† 2004 sub-county results are estimated: the source reported that cycle at county or municipality level (COVID-era consolidated reporting), so block-level detail is interpolated from adjacent cycles and scaled to certified totals.
Demographics
Akashic
| Race & Ethnicity | |
|---|---|
| White | 82.8% |
| Black | 0.8% |
| Asian | 0.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 11.9% |
| Income & Age | |
| Median household income | $42,098 |
| Poverty rate | 22.5% |
| Median age | 48.6 |
| Age 18–29 | 15.0% |
| Age 65 and older | 21.7% |
| Education & Language | |
| Bachelor’s degree or higher (25+) | 24.4% |
| Speaks a non-English language at home | 10.5% |
ACS 5-year survey estimates, subject to a margin of error. Race shares are single-race; Hispanic or Latino is a separate, overlapping ethnicity.
Ancestry, religious adherence, and side-by-side parent comparisons appear on the Mitchell County county page and the NC state page.