Beaufort vs Broad Creek

A side-by-side comparison of Beaufort and Broad Creek: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Beaufort has the higher population (4,613 vs 1,963 in Broad Creek). Broad Creek has the higher median household income ($57,545 vs $48,111 in Beaufort). Beaufort has the higher median home value ($319,700 vs $226,000 in Broad Creek).

Population, income & housing

	Beaufort	Broad Creek
Population	4,613	1,963
Median age	50.5 yrs	51.6 yrs
Median household income	$48,111	$57,545
Median home value	$319,700	$226,000
Median gross rent	$862	$747
Housing units	3,112	1,088
Homeownership rate	48.0%	82.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.0%	19.2%
Unemployment rate	6.8%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beaufort	Broad Creek
Population	4,343 → 4,613 (+6.2%)	2,548 → 1,963 (-23.0%)
Median household income	$40,926 → $48,111 (+17.6%)	$53,696 → $57,545 (+7.2%)
Median home value	$229,900 → $319,700 (+39.1%)	$157,100 → $226,000 (+43.9%)
Median gross rent	$715 → $862 (+20.6%)	$1,115 → $747 (-33.0%)

Beaufort

Population

4,3434,613

Median household income

$40,926$48,111

Median home value

$229,900$319,700

Median gross rent

$715$862

Broad Creek

Population

2,5481,963

Median household income

$53,696$57,545

Median home value

$157,100$226,000

Median gross rent

$1,115$747

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beaufort	Broad Creek
Under 5	2.0%	4.6%
5 to 17	14.5%	15.3%
18 to 24	8.3%	4.2%
25 to 34	8.0%	7.2%
35 to 44	12.1%	7.5%
45 to 54	10.2%	17.7%
55 to 64	14.5%	16.9%
65 to 74	18.4%	17.8%
75 and over	12.0%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beaufort	Broad Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	80.3%	93.6%
Black or African American	11.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.9%	5.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beaufort	Broad Creek
No high school diploma	11.4%	9.2%
High school graduate	18.1%	28.4%
Some college or associate's	34.6%	43.3%
Bachelor's degree	23.9%	12.8%
Graduate or professional degree	12.0%	6.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beaufort	Broad Creek
Drove alone	75.9%	88.1%
Carpooled	2.5%	4.4%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	2.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.8%	6.0%
Other means	0.0%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beaufort	Broad Creek
1-unit, detached	60.5%	64.1%
1-unit, attached	5.7%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	15.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	12.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	35.6%

Poverty & households

	Beaufort	Broad Creek
Poverty rate	14.2%	11.2%
Average household size	1.83	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	19	23
Median year structure built	1983	1993