Beech Mountain, North Carolina - City Information, Fast Facts, Schools, Colleges, and More

Demographics

People

Total Population	581
Male Share of the Population	46.6%
Female Share of the Population	53.4%
Senior Citizens	42.5%
Employed Population 16+	221
Age of the Population	63

Families

% of people married	72.3%
Average household size	2

Education and Earnings

Population % with Bachelor Degree or Higher	42%
Median Earnings25+	$36,705
Median Earnings Without High School Qualification	$51,250
Median Earnings With High School Degree	$32,500

Wealth

Median Family Income	$78,194
% Above Poverty Level	89.8%
% Below Poverty Level	10.2%

Commute & Sprawl

Average Commute Time	40 minutes
% Working from Home	12.2%
% Walking and Biking to Work	0.9%
% Using Public Transportation	%

Housing

People Living Alone	22%
Median Gross Rent	$1,229
Median House Value	$248,800

Ancestry

German	18.2%
English	17.9%
Irish	16.7%
Other(often includes Hispanic and African American)	12%
Scottish	5.2%
Italian	3.6%
Polish	2.8%
Portuguese	2.1%
Welsh	1.5%
Russian	1.4%
Swedish	1.4%
Hungarian	1%
Dutch	1%
French Except Basque	1%
US/American	0.7%
Austrian	0.7%
Greek	0.5%
Romanian	0.5%
Ukrainian	0.5%
Danishn	0.5%
Australian	0.3%
Iranian	0.3%
Canadian	0.2%
Slovak	0.2%
Belgian	0.2%
Lithuanian	0.2%
Norwegian	0.2%
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Beech Mountain Almanac

Category	Value
County	Watauga County
Standard Zip Codes	28604
Phone Area Codes	828
Time Zone	America/New_York
Approximate Latitude	36.16
Approximate Longitude	-81.87

Beech Mountain Climate

Nearest Weather Stations

Notes:

Temp ranges are avg daily min and max for the month
Precipitation is rainfall (and rainfall equiv of snowfall)

Station	BANNER ELK
Distance	3.1 miles
Jan Temp	19 to 41 F
Apr Temp	36 to 59 F
Jul Temp	57 to 77 F
Oct Temp	38 to 62 F
Annual Precip	49.6 inches

Station	GRANDFATHER MOUNTAIN
Distance	7.2 miles
Jan Temp	18 to 34 F
Apr Temp	36 to 51 F
Jul Temp	57 to 69 F
Oct Temp	40 to 54 F
Annual Precip	62.7 inches

Station	BOONE 1 SE
Distance	13.4 miles
Jan Temp	20 to 39 F
Apr Temp	38 to 59 F
Jul Temp	59 to 76 F
Oct Temp	38 to 62 F
Annual Precip	51.5 inches

Nearby Cities and Towns

Location	Population	Median Family Income
Banner Elk	1,445	$71,528
Blowing Rock	1,202	$84,659
Boone	18,795	$55,924
Elk Park	725	$32,798
Newland	856	$58,750
Seven Devils	304	$80,000

Sources :

American Community Survey, 2017, U.S. Census Bureau, https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/
Hospitals, Homeland Infrastructure Foundation, https://hifld-geoplatform.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/hospitals, accessed November 2017
Private Schools, Homeland Infrastructure Foundation, https://hifld-geoplatform.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/private-schools, accessed November 2017
Public Libraries Survey, 2015, Institute of Museum and Library Services, https://www.imls.gov/research-evaluation/data-collection/public-libraries-survey
Public Schools, Homeland Infrastructure Foundation, https://hifld-geoplatform.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/public-schools , accessed November 2017
ZIP Code Database (All ZIPs with cities used by USPS plus the primary timezone, area code, and county), 2017, https://www.unitedstateszipcodes.org/zip-code-database/

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