Bent Creek vs Emma

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

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

Emma has the higher population (2,757 vs 1,854 in Bent Creek). Bent Creek has the higher median household income ($52,485 vs $40,964 in Emma). Bent Creek has the higher median home value ($377,500 vs $88,900 in Emma).

Population, income & housing

	Bent Creek	Emma
Population	1,854	2,757
Median age	43.6 yrs	28.9 yrs
Median household income	$52,485	$40,964
Median home value	$377,500	$88,900
Median gross rent	$1,914	$981
Housing units	719	1,021
Homeownership rate	78.7%	70.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.6%	13.6%
Unemployment rate	22.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bent Creek	Emma
Population	1,666 → 1,854 (+11.3%)	2,532 → 2,757 (+8.9%)
Median household income	$83,324 → $52,485 (-37.0%)	$36,144 → $40,964 (+13.3%)
Median home value	$245,900 → $377,500 (+53.5%)	$86,100 → $88,900 (+3.3%)
Median gross rent	—	$909 → $981 (+7.9%)

Bent Creek

Population

1,6661,854

Median household income

$83,324$52,485

Median home value

$245,900$377,500

Emma

Population

2,5322,757

Median household income

$36,144$40,964

Median home value

$86,100$88,900

Median gross rent

$909$981

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bent Creek	Emma
Under 5	5.5%	7.6%
5 to 17	14.4%	21.7%
18 to 24	10.0%	19.2%
25 to 34	3.4%	8.3%
35 to 44	22.6%	16.6%
45 to 54	20.5%	4.4%
55 to 64	6.4%	4.2%
65 to 74	5.2%	15.1%
75 and over	11.9%	3.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bent Creek	Emma
White (non-Hispanic)	98.5%	31.3%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.3%
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%	0.4%
Two or more races	0.1%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.4%	66.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bent Creek	Emma
No high school diploma	12.6%	21.8%
High school graduate	27.1%	44.3%
Some college or associate's	23.6%	20.3%
Bachelor's degree	28.1%	10.5%
Graduate or professional degree	8.5%	3.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bent Creek	Emma
Drove alone	71.7%	77.9%
Carpooled	2.4%	17.6%
Public transit	0.0%	4.4%
Walked	6.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.7%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bent Creek	Emma
1-unit, detached	77.5%	20.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.1%	8.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	7.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.8%	71.0%

Poverty & households

	Bent Creek	Emma
Poverty rate	11.8%	10.0%
Average household size	2.88	3.58
Mean commute (minutes)	17	20
Median year structure built	1977	1990