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Beaverdam township, Cherokee County, NC

626 Population
90 square miles 7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

59.2 ±12.9 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Cherokee County: 53.3 ±0.6
  • about 1.5 times the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$31,598 ±$7,163 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Cherokee County: $30,800 ±$1,758
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$47,976 ±$29,969 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Cherokee County: $51,496 ±$3,907
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

3.2% ±3.1% (20  ±21) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Cherokee County: 14.6% † 4,218 (±2.4% / ±696)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

30.6 minutes ±24.2 (8,680  ±4,387) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Cherokee County: 26.6 † 270,550 (±2.8 / ±33,745)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

286 ±114 Number of households
  • Cherokee County: 13,042 ±396
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
2.1 ±1.2 (613  ±230) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Cherokee County: 2.2 28,771 (±0.1 / ±14)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

658 ±168 Number of housing units
  • Cherokee County: 18,182 ±27
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$225,900 ±$139,970 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Cherokee County: $208,700 ±$8,878
  • about 90 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

0.8% ±3.3% (5  ±20.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Cherokee County: 9.5% † 2,742 (±2% / ±569.1)
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

99.1% ±49.5% (523  ±165.7) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Cherokee County: 91.4% 20,826 (±4.3% / ±986.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
25.8% ±8.4% (136  ±68.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Cherokee County: 24.2% 5,514 (±2.4% / ±545.1)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in North Carolina: 34.7% 2,521,353 (±0.2% / ±14,597.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

N/A Foreign-born population

3.4% ±6.1% (18  ±33) Population with veteran status
  • about one-third of the rate in Cherokee County: 11.3% † 2,753 (±1.3% / ±310)
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
18 Total veterans ±33 18 Male ±33 N/A Female ±14

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