Barnardsville vs Bent Creek

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

Barnardsville 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.

Bent Creek has the higher population (1,854 vs 431 in Barnardsville). Bent Creek has the higher median home value ($377,500 vs $139,300 in Barnardsville). Since 2019, Bent Creek's population has grown faster (+11.3% vs -41.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Barnardsville	Bent Creek
Population	431	1,854
Median age	35.8 yrs	43.6 yrs
Median household income	—	$52,485
Median home value	$139,300	$377,500
Median gross rent	$1,565	$1,914
Housing units	165	719
Homeownership rate	71.0%	78.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.7%	36.6%
Unemployment rate	12.8%	22.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Barnardsville	Bent Creek
Population	742 → 431 (-41.9%)	1,666 → 1,854 (+11.3%)
Median household income	$41,151 → $43,077 (+4.7%)	$83,324 → $52,485 (-37.0%)
Median home value	$129,700 → $139,300 (+7.4%)	$245,900 → $377,500 (+53.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,138 → $1,565 (+37.5%)	—

Barnardsville

Population

742431

Median household income

$41,151$43,077

Median home value

$129,700$139,300

Median gross rent

$1,138$1,565

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)

	Barnardsville	Bent Creek
Under 5	13.5%	5.5%
5 to 17	14.2%	14.4%
18 to 24	4.2%	10.0%
25 to 34	14.6%	3.4%
35 to 44	9.3%	22.6%
45 to 54	10.0%	20.5%
55 to 64	12.5%	6.4%
65 to 74	3.5%	5.2%
75 and over	18.3%	11.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Barnardsville	Bent Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	98.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Barnardsville	Bent Creek
No high school diploma	41.2%	12.6%
High school graduate	17.3%	27.1%
Some college or associate's	23.8%	23.6%
Bachelor's degree	14.3%	28.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.4%	8.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Barnardsville	Bent Creek
Drove alone	82.9%	71.7%
Carpooled	0.0%	2.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	6.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.1%	19.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Barnardsville	Bent Creek
1-unit, detached	83.0%	77.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.1%	1.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	7.6%
Mobile home & other	10.9%	13.8%

Poverty & households

	Barnardsville	Bent Creek
Poverty rate	9.7%	11.8%
Average household size	3.12	2.88
Mean commute (minutes)	—	17
Median year structure built	1963	1977