Avery Creek vs Black Mountain

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

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

Black Mountain has the higher population (8,462 vs 2,998 in Avery Creek). Avery Creek has the higher median household income ($107,684 vs $70,041 in Black Mountain). Black Mountain has the higher median home value ($351,700 vs $326,200 in Avery Creek).

Population, income & housing

	Avery Creek	Black Mountain
Population	2,998	8,462
Median age	37.2 yrs	60.6 yrs
Median household income	$107,684	$70,041
Median home value	$326,200	$351,700
Median gross rent	—	$1,334
Housing units	882	5,046
Homeownership rate	91.5%	65.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.2%	58.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Avery Creek	Black Mountain
Population	2,675 → 2,998 (+12.1%)	8,144 → 8,462 (+3.9%)
Median household income	$79,729 → $107,684 (+35.1%)	$50,373 → $70,041 (+39.0%)
Median home value	$242,300 → $326,200 (+34.6%)	$226,700 → $351,700 (+55.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,227 → $1,845 (+50.4%)	$791 → $1,334 (+68.6%)

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

Black Mountain

Population

8,1448,462

Median household income

$50,373$70,041

Median home value

$226,700$351,700

Median gross rent

$791$1,334

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Avery Creek	Black Mountain
Under 5	5.1%	2.7%
5 to 17	18.8%	9.3%
18 to 24	15.5%	3.0%
25 to 34	9.4%	8.9%
35 to 44	14.7%	9.5%
45 to 54	11.8%	10.9%
55 to 64	8.0%	15.5%
65 to 74	12.2%	19.2%
75 and over	4.5%	21.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Avery Creek	Black Mountain
White (non-Hispanic)	76.0%	91.1%
Black or African American	18.1%	3.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.4%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.9%
Two or more races	4.4%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Avery Creek	Black Mountain
No high school diploma	0.9%	6.7%
High school graduate	27.0%	17.0%
Some college or associate's	32.0%	17.6%
Bachelor's degree	22.9%	35.4%
Graduate or professional degree	17.3%	23.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Avery Creek	Black Mountain
Drove alone	53.6%	72.5%
Carpooled	7.7%	7.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	21.1%	17.0%
Other means	17.5%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Avery Creek	Black Mountain
1-unit, detached	95.0%	73.5%
1-unit, attached	3.2%	3.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	10.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.7%
Mobile home & other	1.8%	5.5%

Poverty & households

	Avery Creek	Black Mountain
Poverty rate	0.0%	6.5%
Average household size	4.10	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	19	21
Median year structure built	1996	1986