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Bent Creek, NC

1,384 Population
2.2 square miles 626.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

47.2 ±6.3 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Asheville, NC Metro Area: 44 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$30,877 ±$9,312 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Asheville, NC Metro Area: $42,135 ±$973
  • about three-quarters of the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$72,176 ±$28,801 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the Asheville, NC Metro Area: $71,838 ±$1,824
  • about the same as the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

15.6% ±18.5% (215  ±268) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Asheville, NC Metro Area: 11.8% 47,729 (±0.8% / ±3,067)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

19.8 minutes ±4.8 (9,900  ±7,514) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Asheville, NC Metro Area: 22.1 3,608,760 (±0.3 / ±87,145)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

463 ±138 Number of households
  • the Asheville, NC Metro Area: 161,264 ±2,288
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
3 ±0.7 (1,382  ±523) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Asheville, NC Metro Area: 2.5 404,985 (±0 / ±94)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

7.7% ±11.7% (24  ±40) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • nearly double the rate in the Asheville, NC Metro Area: 4.3% † 3,899 (±0.8% / ±747)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

544 ±213 Number of housing units
  • the Asheville, NC Metro Area: 203,883 ±120
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$404,000 ±$59,694 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Asheville, NC Metro Area: $370,900 ±$5,777
  • about 1.4 times the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

23.2% ±23.2% (315  ±336.1) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in the Asheville, NC Metro Area: 10.7% 44,085 (±0.6% / ±2,476.2)
  • nearly double the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

85.3% ±43.6% (921  ±319.8) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Asheville, NC Metro Area: 92.2% 285,610 (±1.5% / ±4,557.2)
  • 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)
35% ±11.3% (378  ±186.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Asheville, NC Metro Area: 42.5% 131,662 (±1% / ±3,117.3)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 35.7% 2,631,218 (±0.2% / ±13,757.8)
  • about the same as 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

1.5% ±2.3% (20  ±33) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in the Asheville, NC Metro Area: 6.9% 28,629
  • less than a fifth of the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

2.6% ±3.5% (29  ±41) Population with veteran status
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Asheville, NC Metro Area: 6.8% 23,216 (±0.4% / ±1,226)
  • about one-third of the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
29 Total veterans ±41 29 Male ±41 N/A Female ±14

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