Cove Creek vs Foscoe

A side-by-side comparison of Cove Creek and Foscoe: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Cove Creek has the higher population (1,533 vs 1,257 in Foscoe). Cove Creek has the higher median household income ($53,898 vs $44,367 in Foscoe). Foscoe has the higher median home value ($302,500 vs $247,700 in Cove Creek).

Population, income & housing

	Cove Creek	Foscoe
Population	1,533	1,257
Median age	50.2 yrs	54.2 yrs
Median household income	$53,898	$44,367
Median home value	$247,700	$302,500
Median gross rent	$931	$683
Housing units	823	1,528
Homeownership rate	88.3%	61.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.7%	42.8%
Unemployment rate	1.0%	6.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cove Creek	Foscoe
Population	999 → 1,533 (+53.5%)	1,579 → 1,257 (-20.4%)
Median household income	$47,839 → $53,898 (+12.7%)	$50,204 → $44,367 (-11.6%)
Median home value	$188,900 → $247,700 (+31.1%)	$234,000 → $302,500 (+29.3%)
Median gross rent	$783 → $931 (+18.9%)	$791 → $683 (-13.7%)

Cove Creek

Population

9991,533

Median household income

$47,839$53,898

Median home value

$188,900$247,700

Median gross rent

$783$931

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)

	Cove Creek	Foscoe
Under 5	6.3%	0.9%
5 to 17	9.0%	12.8%
18 to 24	3.7%	4.0%
25 to 34	11.0%	13.9%
35 to 44	17.4%	12.1%
45 to 54	13.2%	10.7%
55 to 64	13.1%	19.1%
65 to 74	20.7%	14.7%
75 and over	5.6%	11.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cove Creek	Foscoe
White (non-Hispanic)	86.4%	89.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.7%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	13.0%	9.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cove Creek	Foscoe
No high school diploma	10.9%	13.8%
High school graduate	23.4%	11.5%
Some college or associate's	31.0%	31.9%
Bachelor's degree	23.3%	24.1%
Graduate or professional degree	11.4%	18.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cove Creek	Foscoe
Drove alone	76.0%	89.4%
Carpooled	6.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.1%	10.6%
Other means	7.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cove Creek	Foscoe
1-unit, detached	82.5%	39.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	15.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	36.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	17.5%	6.5%

Poverty & households

	Cove Creek	Foscoe
Poverty rate	14.1%	11.5%
Average household size	2.30	1.96
Mean commute (minutes)	28	27
Median year structure built	1975	2001