Beech Mountain vs Valle Crucis

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

Beech Mountain and Valle Crucis 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 243 in Valle Crucis). Since 2019, Beech Mountain's population has grown faster (+35.3% vs +7.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Beech Mountain	Valle Crucis
Population	831	243
Median age	62.1 yrs	35.7 yrs
Median household income	$89,934	—
Median home value	$388,800	—
Median gross rent	$978	—
Housing units	2,330	298
Homeownership rate	91.7%	68.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	54.0%	72.9%
Unemployment rate	10.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beech Mountain	Valle Crucis
Population	614 → 831 (+35.3%)	226 → 243 (+7.5%)
Median household income	$74,000 → $89,934 (+21.5%)	—
Median home value	$257,800 → $388,800 (+50.8%)	$346,700 → $358,000 (+3.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,141 → $978 (-14.3%)	—

Beech Mountain

Population

614831

Median household income

$74,000$89,934

Median home value

$257,800$388,800

Median gross rent

$1,141$978

Valle Crucis

Population

226243

Median home value

$346,700$358,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beech Mountain	Valle Crucis
Under 5	2.0%	5.3%
5 to 17	8.1%	24.7%
18 to 24	1.6%	0.0%
25 to 34	6.7%	13.2%
35 to 44	9.1%	27.6%
45 to 54	9.0%	11.9%
55 to 64	20.1%	11.1%
65 to 74	27.2%	0.0%
75 and over	16.1%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beech Mountain	Valle Crucis
White (non-Hispanic)	93.5%	100.0%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beech Mountain	Valle Crucis
No high school diploma	3.4%	0.0%
High school graduate	9.9%	0.0%
Some college or associate's	32.7%	27.1%
Bachelor's degree	24.7%	40.6%
Graduate or professional degree	29.3%	32.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beech Mountain	Valle Crucis
Drove alone	52.3%	66.5%
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%	33.5%
Other means	3.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beech Mountain	Valle Crucis
1-unit, detached	71.7%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	8.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	12.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Beech Mountain	Valle Crucis
Poverty rate	3.4%	0.0%
Average household size	2.08	3.08
Mean commute (minutes)	25	—
Median year structure built	1985	1980