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Beaverdam township, Cherokee County, NC

799 Population
90 square miles 8.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

64.8 ±8.7 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Cherokee County: 53.5 ±0.4
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$32,317 ±$6,928 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Cherokee County: $31,569 ±$1,263
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$70,386 ±$17,443 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Cherokee County: $53,628 ±$3,764
  • a little less than the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

6% ±6.4% (48  ±53) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Cherokee County: 12.4% † 3,622 (±1.7% / ±509)
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

26.8 minutes ±20.5 (6,745  ±3,303) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Cherokee County: 25.2 263,105 (±1.3 / ±21,957)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

329 ±106 Number of households
  • Cherokee County: 13,241 ±406
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.1 (788  ±255) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Cherokee County: 2.2 29,172 (±0.1 / ±12)
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

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

Housing

754 ±165 Number of housing units
  • Cherokee County: 18,404 ±26
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$273,200 ±$52,712 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Cherokee County: $232,300 ±$11,614
  • a little less than the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

0.3% ±3.1% (2  ±25) Moved since previous year
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Cherokee County: 10.5% † 3,071 (±2.1% / ±623.6)
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

84.5% ±36.9% (572  ±169.4) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Cherokee County: 92.2% 21,359 (±4.1% / ±952.6)
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
19.2% ±8.3% (130  ±69.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Cherokee County: 24.2% 5,601 (±2% / ±473.7)
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 35.7% 2,631,218 (±0.2% / ±13,757.8)
  • about half the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

N/A Foreign-born population

4.4% ±5.6% (30  ±39) Population with veteran status
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Cherokee County: 10.2% † 2,522 (±1.5% / ±375)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
30 Total veterans ±39 30 Male ±39 N/A Female ±14

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