Beech Mountain vs Blowing Rock

A side-by-side comparison of Beech Mountain and Blowing Rock: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Blowing Rock has the higher population (848 vs 831 in Beech Mountain). Blowing Rock has the higher median household income ($120,865 vs $89,934 in Beech Mountain). Blowing Rock has the higher median home value ($667,300 vs $388,800 in Beech Mountain).

Population, income & housing

	Beech Mountain	Blowing Rock
Population	831	848
Median age	62.1 yrs	60.9 yrs
Median household income	$89,934	$120,865
Median home value	$388,800	$667,300
Median gross rent	$978	$877
Housing units	2,330	1,872
Homeownership rate	91.7%	74.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	54.0%	59.9%
Unemployment rate	10.0%	0.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beech Mountain	Blowing Rock
Population	614 → 831 (+35.3%)	1,163 → 848 (-27.1%)
Median household income	$74,000 → $89,934 (+21.5%)	$80,231 → $120,865 (+50.6%)
Median home value	$257,800 → $388,800 (+50.8%)	$455,600 → $667,300 (+46.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,141 → $978 (-14.3%)	$971 → $877 (-9.7%)

Beech Mountain

Population

614831

Median household income

$74,000$89,934

Median home value

$257,800$388,800

Median gross rent

$1,141$978

Blowing Rock

Population

1,163848

Median household income

$80,231$120,865

Median home value

$455,600$667,300

Median gross rent

$971$877

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beech Mountain	Blowing Rock
Under 5	2.0%	4.7%
5 to 17	8.1%	5.4%
18 to 24	1.6%	10.1%
25 to 34	6.7%	3.3%
35 to 44	9.1%	11.8%
45 to 54	9.0%	5.4%
55 to 64	20.1%	20.4%
65 to 74	27.2%	25.7%
75 and over	16.1%	13.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beech Mountain	Blowing Rock
White (non-Hispanic)	93.5%	92.9%
Black or African American	0.4%	3.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beech Mountain	Blowing Rock
No high school diploma	3.4%	4.4%
High school graduate	9.9%	9.2%
Some college or associate's	32.7%	26.5%
Bachelor's degree	24.7%	26.8%
Graduate or professional degree	29.3%	33.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beech Mountain	Blowing Rock
Drove alone	52.3%	78.5%
Carpooled	8.8%	0.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	3.7%
Worked from home	31.4%	17.4%
Other means	3.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beech Mountain	Blowing Rock
1-unit, detached	71.7%	56.6%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	3.4%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	9.6%
5 to 19 units	8.3%	26.4%
20 or more units	12.8%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	3.4%

Poverty & households

	Beech Mountain	Blowing Rock
Poverty rate	3.4%	1.8%
Average household size	2.08	1.89
Mean commute (minutes)	25	32
Median year structure built	1985	1984