Beech Mountain vs Seven Devils

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

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

Beech Mountain has the higher population (831 vs 390 in Seven Devils). Seven Devils has the higher median household income ($108,438 vs $89,934 in Beech Mountain). Beech Mountain has the higher median home value ($388,800 vs $351,300 in Seven Devils).

Population, income & housing

	Beech Mountain	Seven Devils
Population	831	390
Median age	62.1 yrs	51.3 yrs
Median household income	$89,934	$108,438
Median home value	$388,800	$351,300
Median gross rent	$978	$1,500
Housing units	2,330	612
Homeownership rate	91.7%	92.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	54.0%	76.2%
Unemployment rate	10.0%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beech Mountain	Seven Devils
Population	614 → 831 (+35.3%)	327 → 390 (+19.3%)
Median household income	$74,000 → $89,934 (+21.5%)	$74,000 → $108,438 (+46.5%)
Median home value	$257,800 → $388,800 (+50.8%)	$301,900 → $351,300 (+16.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,141 → $978 (-14.3%)	$796 → $1,500 (+88.4%)

Beech Mountain

Population

614831

Median household income

$74,000$89,934

Median home value

$257,800$388,800

Median gross rent

$1,141$978

Seven Devils

Population

327390

Median household income

$74,000$108,438

Median home value

$301,900$351,300

Median gross rent

$796$1,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beech Mountain	Seven Devils
Under 5	2.0%	8.5%
5 to 17	8.1%	14.9%
18 to 24	1.6%	1.3%
25 to 34	6.7%	3.1%
35 to 44	9.1%	14.1%
45 to 54	9.0%	13.1%
55 to 64	20.1%	11.0%
65 to 74	27.2%	24.4%
75 and over	16.1%	9.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beech Mountain	Seven Devils
White (non-Hispanic)	93.5%	95.9%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	3.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beech Mountain	Seven Devils
No high school diploma	3.4%	1.4%
High school graduate	9.9%	9.2%
Some college or associate's	32.7%	13.3%
Bachelor's degree	24.7%	28.9%
Graduate or professional degree	29.3%	47.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beech Mountain	Seven Devils
Drove alone	52.3%	47.9%
Carpooled	8.8%	12.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.5%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	31.4%	36.5%
Other means	3.9%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beech Mountain	Seven Devils
1-unit, detached	71.7%	78.8%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	7.8%
5 to 19 units	8.3%	11.8%
20 or more units	12.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Beech Mountain	Seven Devils
Poverty rate	3.4%	4.4%
Average household size	2.08	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	25	26
Median year structure built	1985	1992