Avery Creek vs Bent Creek

A side-by-side comparison of Avery Creek and Bent Creek: population, income, housing, and more.

Avery Creek and Bent Creek are places in North Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Avery Creek has the higher population (2,998 vs 1,854 in Bent Creek). Avery Creek has the higher median household income ($107,684 vs $52,485 in Bent Creek). Bent Creek has the higher median home value ($377,500 vs $326,200 in Avery Creek).

Population, income & housing

	Avery Creek	Bent Creek
Population	2,998	1,854
Median age	37.2 yrs	43.6 yrs
Median household income	$107,684	$52,485
Median home value	$326,200	$377,500
Median gross rent	—	$1,914
Housing units	882	719
Homeownership rate	91.5%	78.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.2%	36.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	22.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Avery Creek	Bent Creek
Population	2,675 → 2,998 (+12.1%)	1,666 → 1,854 (+11.3%)
Median household income	$79,729 → $107,684 (+35.1%)	$83,324 → $52,485 (-37.0%)
Median home value	$242,300 → $326,200 (+34.6%)	$245,900 → $377,500 (+53.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,227 → $1,845 (+50.4%)	—

Avery Creek

Population

2,6752,998

Median household income

$79,729$107,684

Median home value

$242,300$326,200

Median gross rent

$1,227$1,845

Bent Creek

Population

1,6661,854

Median household income

$83,324$52,485

Median home value

$245,900$377,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Avery Creek	Bent Creek
Under 5	5.1%	5.5%
5 to 17	18.8%	14.4%
18 to 24	15.5%	10.0%
25 to 34	9.4%	3.4%
35 to 44	14.7%	22.6%
45 to 54	11.8%	20.5%
55 to 64	8.0%	6.4%
65 to 74	12.2%	5.2%
75 and over	4.5%	11.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Avery Creek	Bent Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	76.0%	98.5%
Black or African American	18.1%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.4%	0.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Avery Creek	Bent Creek
No high school diploma	0.9%	12.6%
High school graduate	27.0%	27.1%
Some college or associate's	32.0%	23.6%
Bachelor's degree	22.9%	28.1%
Graduate or professional degree	17.3%	8.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Avery Creek	Bent Creek
Drove alone	53.6%	71.7%
Carpooled	7.7%	2.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	6.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.1%	19.7%
Other means	17.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Avery Creek	Bent Creek
1-unit, detached	95.0%	77.5%
1-unit, attached	3.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	7.6%
Mobile home & other	1.8%	13.8%

Poverty & households

	Avery Creek	Bent Creek
Poverty rate	0.0%	11.8%
Average household size	4.10	2.88
Mean commute (minutes)	19	17
Median year structure built	1996	1977