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Beaver Creek township, Wilkes County, NC

343 Population
20.4 square miles 16.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

60.4 ±13.9 Median age
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Wilkes County: 45.7 ±0.4
  • about 1.5 times the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2
  • about 1.5 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$26,210 ±$9,408 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Wilkes County: $27,947 ±$1,144
  • about three-fifths of the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$39,500 ±$35,059 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Wilkes County: $51,721 ±$2,459
  • about half the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324
  • about half the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

11% ±14.3% (37  ±52) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Wilkes County: 16.7% † 10,807 (±2% / ±1,312)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

N/A

Families

176 ±109 Number of households
  • Wilkes County: 27,107 ±553
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
1.8 ±1.6 (324  ±185) Persons per household
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Wilkes County: 2.4 64,944 (±0.1 / ±36)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

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

Housing

176 ±109 Number of housing units
  • Wilkes County: 31,836 ±43
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

N/A Median value of owner-occupied housing units

2.3% ±6.6% (8  ±23.2) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Wilkes County: 4.6% † 3,031 (±1% / ±682.7)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

69.2% ±19.3% (193  ±117.5) High school grad or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Wilkes County: 81.7% 39,024 (±3.2% / ±1,550.1)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
18.6% ±29.4% (52  ±86.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Wilkes County: 16.9% 8,063 (±1.6% / ±776.8)
  • 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

5.5% ±8.5% (16  ±26) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Wilkes County: 6.1% † 3,211 (±0.7% / ±368)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
16 Total veterans ±26 16 Male ±26 N/A Female ±14

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