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Beaverdam township, Watauga County, NC

1,380 Population
26.7 square miles 51.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.4 ±14.3 Median age
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Watauga County: 32.2 ±0.7
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$28,102 ±$5,906 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Watauga County: $32,631 ±$1,899
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$46,639 ±$20,256 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Watauga County: $51,367 ±$3,383
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

6.5% ±5.1% (90  ±75) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Watauga County: 24.7% 12,005 (±2% / ±961)
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

43.3 minutes ±7.6 (29,735  ±10,715) Mean travel time to work
  • more than double the figure in Watauga County: 20.7 481,140 (±1 / ±31,195)
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

569 ±125 Number of households
  • Watauga County: 21,187 ±634
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
2.4 ±0.5 (1,380  ±413) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Watauga County: 2.3 48,489 (±0.1 / ±138)
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978

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

Housing

781 ±157 Number of housing units
  • Watauga County: 33,028 ±70
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$211,700 ±$46,267 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Watauga County: $321,500 ±$17,801
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

27% ±26.2% (372  ±378) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in Watauga County: 25.6% † 13,923 (±2.6% / ±1,399.4)
  • about double the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

93.2% ±30.4% (916  ±201.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Watauga County: 92.4% 28,838 (±4% / ±1,264.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
21.2% ±8.3% (208  ±95.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Watauga County: 47.7% 14,869 (±2.9% / ±895)
  • about three-fifths 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

11.5% ±5.5% (129  ±69) Population with veteran status
  • more than double the rate in Watauga County: 4.5% † 2,151 (±0.7% / ±319)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
129 Total veterans ±69 108 Male ±63 21 Female ±24

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