Beech Mountain vs Foscoe

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

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

Foscoe has the higher population (1,257 vs 831 in Beech Mountain). Beech Mountain has the higher median household income ($89,934 vs $44,367 in Foscoe). Beech Mountain has the higher median home value ($388,800 vs $302,500 in Foscoe).

Population, income & housing

	Beech Mountain	Foscoe
Population	831	1,257
Median age	62.1 yrs	54.2 yrs
Median household income	$89,934	$44,367
Median home value	$388,800	$302,500
Median gross rent	$978	$683
Housing units	2,330	1,528
Homeownership rate	91.7%	61.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	54.0%	42.8%
Unemployment rate	10.0%	6.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beech Mountain	Foscoe
Population	614 → 831 (+35.3%)	1,579 → 1,257 (-20.4%)
Median household income	$74,000 → $89,934 (+21.5%)	$50,204 → $44,367 (-11.6%)
Median home value	$257,800 → $388,800 (+50.8%)	$234,000 → $302,500 (+29.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,141 → $978 (-14.3%)	$791 → $683 (-13.7%)

Beech Mountain

Population

614831

Median household income

$74,000$89,934

Median home value

$257,800$388,800

Median gross rent

$1,141$978

Foscoe

Population

1,5791,257

Median household income

$50,204$44,367

Median home value

$234,000$302,500

Median gross rent

$791$683

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beech Mountain	Foscoe
Under 5	2.0%	0.9%
5 to 17	8.1%	12.8%
18 to 24	1.6%	4.0%
25 to 34	6.7%	13.9%
35 to 44	9.1%	12.1%
45 to 54	9.0%	10.7%
55 to 64	20.1%	19.1%
65 to 74	27.2%	14.7%
75 and over	16.1%	11.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beech Mountain	Foscoe
White (non-Hispanic)	93.5%	89.0%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.0%
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%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	9.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beech Mountain	Foscoe
No high school diploma	3.4%	13.8%
High school graduate	9.9%	11.5%
Some college or associate's	32.7%	31.9%
Bachelor's degree	24.7%	24.1%
Graduate or professional degree	29.3%	18.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beech Mountain	Foscoe
Drove alone	52.3%	89.4%
Carpooled	8.8%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	31.4%	10.6%
Other means	3.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beech Mountain	Foscoe
1-unit, detached	71.7%	39.1%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	15.1%
5 to 19 units	8.3%	36.2%
20 or more units	12.8%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	6.5%

Poverty & households

	Beech Mountain	Foscoe
Poverty rate	3.4%	11.5%
Average household size	2.08	1.96
Mean commute (minutes)	25	27
Median year structure built	1985	2001